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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2011, 10:05 AM CDT for Chautauqua County, Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2011, 10:05 AM CDT (15:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2011, 10:49 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 10:28 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Wsw Cedar Vale, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 315 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
116 WUUS53 KICT 191505 SVRICT KSC019-035-191600- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0021.110319T1505Z-110319T1600Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1005 AM CDT SAT MAR 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1100 AM CDT * AT 1001 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAINOLA...OR 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEDAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SEDAN...CEDAR VALE...ELGIN...CHAUTAUQUA...PERU...HALE AND NIOTAZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3729 9652 3729 9596 3699 9597 3699 9675 TIME...MOT...LOC 1506Z 229DEG 28KT 3700 9660 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN $$ JAKUB
3 follow-up statements
117 WWUS53 KICT 191522 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1022 AM CDT SAT MAR 19 2011 KSC019-035-191600- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110319T1600Z/ CHAUTAUQUA KS-COWLEY KS- 1022 AM CDT SAT MAR 19 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN COWLEY AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM CDT... AT 1019 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR VALE...OR 18 MILES WEST OF SEDAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SEDAN...ELGIN...CHAUTAUQUA...PERU...HALE AND NIOTAZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3699 9666 3729 9652 3729 9596 3699 9597 TIME...MOT...LOC 1522Z 229DEG 28KT 3708 9648 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ JAKUB
519 WWUS53 KICT 191542 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1042 AM CDT SAT MAR 19 2011 KSC035-191552- /O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110319T1600Z/ COWLEY KS- 1042 AM CDT SAT MAR 19 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COWLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OFTHE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3703 9641 3729 9644 3729 9596 3709 9597 TIME...MOT...LOC 1542Z 229DEG 28KT 3721 9626 $$ KSC019-191600- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110319T1600Z/ CHAUTAUQUA KS- 1042 AM CDT SAT MAR 19 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY UNTIL 1100 AM CDT... AT 1038 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED...PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEDAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PERU AND HALE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3703 9641 3729 9644 3729 9596 3709 9597 TIME...MOT...LOC 1542Z 229DEG 28KT 3721 9626 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ JAKUB
302 WWUS53 KICT 191549 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1049 AM CDT SAT MAR 19 2011 KSC019-191559- /O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110319T1600Z/ CHAUTAUQUA KS- 1049 AM CDT SAT MAR 19 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER DIME SIZE HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3703 9641 3729 9644 3729 9596 3709 9597 TIME...MOT...LOC 1549Z 229DEG 28KT 3723 9619 $$ JAKUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 8:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 57 min |
| Mar 19, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 65 min |
| Mar 19, 11:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 25 min |
| Mar 19, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 43 min |
| Mar 19, 1:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 4 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.