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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

April 21, 2005Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 2005, 5:13 PM CDT for Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2005, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2005, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Neosho County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2005-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 780 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2005-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
780 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KICT 212213
SVRICT
KSC133-212315-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0021.050421T2213Z-050421T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
513 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

* AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THAYER...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  PARSONS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ERIE...GALESBURG...ST. PAUL...STARK...THAYER

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...
  WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR...

LAT...LON 3752 9552 3739 9551 3740 9510 3772 9511
      3772 9527

$$

/KETCHAM
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KICT 212229
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
529 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

KSC133-212315-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050421T2315Z/
NEOSHO KS-
529 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NEOSHO COUNTY UNTIL
615 PM CDT...

AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
DAMAGING HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GALESBURG...OR 12 MILES
NORTH OF PARSONS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR GALESBURG BY  520 PM CDT.
  NEAR ERIE BY  535 PM CDT.
  NEAR ST. PAUL BY  540 PM CDT.

QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THAYER WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE 
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND 
PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3752 9552 3739 9551 3740 9510 3772 9511
      3772 9527

$$

/JAKUB
000 
WWUS53 KICT 212249
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
549 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

KSC133-212315-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050421T2315Z/
NEOSHO KS-
549 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NEOSHO COUNTY UNTIL
615 PM CDT...

AT 547 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
DAMAGING HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GALESBURG...OR 9 MILES
NORTH OF PARSONS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR GALESBURG BY  540 PM CDT.
  NEAR ST. PAUL BY  615 PM CDT.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW 
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3752 9552 3739 9551 3740 9510 3772 9511
      3772 9527

$$

/JAKUB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton57 min
Apr 20, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth62 min
Apr 20, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno61 min
Apr 20, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln, Russell59 min
Apr 20, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper55 min
Apr 20, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey50 min
Apr 20, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner65 min
Apr 21, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette32 min
Apr 21, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningICTNeosho51 min
Apr 21, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLabette33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.