Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2011, 12:20 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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
- Jun 18, 2011, 12:20 AM CDT (05:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2011, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lincoln County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 2689 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KICT 180520
SVRICT
KSC105-180615-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0252.110618T0520Z-110618T0615Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1220 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 115 AM CDT
* AT 1218 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HUNTER...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN...AND MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINCOLN...BARNARD AND BEVERLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3923 9793 3913 9792 3896 9792 3899 9849
3913 9848 3914 9850 3922 9850
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 281DEG 19KT 3920 9832
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$
JAKUB5 follow-up statements
539
WWUS53 KICT 180528
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1228 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
KSC105-180615-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-110618T0615Z/
LINCOLN KS-
1228 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY
UNTIL 115 AM CDT...
AT 1223 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF HUNTER...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINCOLN...BARNARD AND BEVERLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3923 9793 3913 9792 3896 9792 3899 9849
3913 9848 3914 9850 3922 9850
TIME...MOT...LOC 0528Z 280DEG 14KT 3920 9828
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$
HOWERTON702
WWUS53 KICT 180535
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1235 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
KSC105-180615-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-110618T0615Z/
LINCOLN KS-
1235 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM CDT...
AT 1232 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF HUNTER...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINCOLN...BARNARD AND BEVERLY.
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 3915 9844 3922 9844 3923 9793 3913 9792
3896 9792 3898 9832
TIME...MOT...LOC 0535Z 280DEG 14KT 3920 9824
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$
HOWERTON275
WWUS53 KICT 180543
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1243 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
KSC105-180615-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-110618T0615Z/
LINCOLN KS-
1243 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM CDT...
AT 1241 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF BARNARD...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF LINCOLN...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINCOLN...BARNARD AND BEVERLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3901 9818 3913 9829 3922 9832 3923 9793
3913 9792 3897 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 285DEG 17KT 3919 9817
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
HOWERTON651
WWUS53 KICT 180552
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1252 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
KSC105-180615-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-110618T0615Z/
LINCOLN KS-
1252 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM CDT...
AT 1250 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BARNARD...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF LINCOLN...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BARNARD.
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3910 9817 3922 9825 3923 9793 3913 9792
3903 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0552Z 281DEG 17KT 3919 9812
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
HOWERTON364
WWUS53 KICT 180612
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
112 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
KSC105-180622-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-110618T0615Z/
LINCOLN KS-
112 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 115 AM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3910 9817 3922 9825 3923 9793 3913 9792
3903 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0612Z 281DEG 17KT 3917 9800
$$
HOWERTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion, Saline | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson, Rice | 22 min |
| Jun 17, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion, Saline | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 9:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno, Sedgwick | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Reno, Rice | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Sedgwick | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 67 min |
| Jun 17, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 11:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Marion | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Reno, Rice | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 4:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 65 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.