Greensburg Tornado was caught with mobile radar
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Mike Smith
The Wichita-Hutchinson television market ("KAKEland") "area of dominant influence" (DMA) is one of the largest (geographically) in the U.S. It includes most of the western 3/4 of Kansas, Kay Co., OK, I believe Beaver Co., OK, six counties in southwest Nebraska and a sliver of northeast Colorado. All of the Wichita network affiliates have full fledged smaller TV stations (complete with a brief local newscast at 6 and 10) in central and western Kansas to serve this vast area.
KWCH, for example, has stations in Wichita, Hays, Goodland and near Dodge City along with 'translators' (repeaters) in several other locations.
So, ICT, Vance, TUL, DDC, AMA, GLD, HSI and TOP, at minimum, are the WSR-88D's used by the TV meteorologists in the market.
When I was on air in the 70's for KSNW, I did some research and there are more convective warnings issued for the ICT-HUT DMA than any other. I assume that is still the case.
Kevin Scharfenberg
It probably still is! Though now that the Kansas offices have gone to 1" hail for a SVR it might be the South Dakota large market.
Speaking of dual-pol radar and Kansas, the NWS is hoping to make the Wichita radar the first operational "testbed" site for dual-pol, hopefully in time for the spring '09 convective season. KICT was chosen because of the good staff at the WFO, it is an 88D site that gets a good diversity of weather, it's within a short drive of Norman, and has substantial overlap with other 88D sites. Also we'll get the chance to work on some wind farm echo mitigation.
Dave Gallaher
EF5
Thanks Jeff it would be not only interesting but excitingThat could be a scoop.
Hope you can accomplish this, Jeff--those radars in the report are amazing, and that Robert Fritchie photo is the clearest one I've seen of this storm so far.
Bob Schafer
EF5
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh!!! I thought "Kakeland" was some little town in KS I'd never heard of. 
Willie Dines
EF3
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh!!! I thought "Kakeland" was some little town in KS I'd never heard of.
No worries Bob, I had been wondering as well for a short while
lolWillie
Jonathan Behle
EF0
Mike,
I remember you at Channel 3 before Dave Freeman came in 1993 and you were great on the air, even though I was only 11 when you left to go start WeatherData, Wichita's a great weather market that often times gets overshadowed by Oklahoma City. And I often times talk to meteorologists at all 3 stations and have the upmost respect for them all. I remember when it was you, Jim O'Donnell and Merril Teller just like yesterday still, and you've all given me great ambition to learn more and really become interested in weather. We recently lost Jim and I hope he's smiling down upon us and proud of where the weather community is now.
And I do spot for KAKE-tv.. I'm not necessarily limited to their viewing area, but even if I was, its a huge chunk of land and I wouldn't miss out on that much. You can go from Goodland Kansas and drive East on 70 for 4 hours and still be in the DMA easily.
Here is the DMA...
http://ekb.dbstalk.com/TVMarkets/Maps/kansas.gif
I remember you at Channel 3 before Dave Freeman came in 1993 and you were great on the air, even though I was only 11 when you left to go start WeatherData, Wichita's a great weather market that often times gets overshadowed by Oklahoma City. And I often times talk to meteorologists at all 3 stations and have the upmost respect for them all. I remember when it was you, Jim O'Donnell and Merril Teller just like yesterday still, and you've all given me great ambition to learn more and really become interested in weather. We recently lost Jim and I hope he's smiling down upon us and proud of where the weather community is now.
And I do spot for KAKE-tv.. I'm not necessarily limited to their viewing area, but even if I was, its a huge chunk of land and I wouldn't miss out on that much. You can go from Goodland Kansas and drive East on 70 for 4 hours and still be in the DMA easily.
Here is the DMA...
http://ekb.dbstalk.com/TVMarkets/Maps/kansas.gif
Mike Smith
Jonathan,
Thank you so much for the compliments. I enjoyed my years in television but am having a blast with WeatherData. Come and visit some time!
Mike
Thank you so much for the compliments. I enjoyed my years in television but am having a blast with WeatherData. Come and visit some time!
Mike
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