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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Wichita, KS

July 5, 2011Marion County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2011, 10:19 PM CDT for Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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: Jul 5, 2011, 10:19 PM CDT (03:19 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2011, 10:57 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Marion County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 5, 10:28 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Ramona, KS	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

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
Jul 5, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1259 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

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

465 
WUUS53 KICT 060319
SVRICT
KSC115-060415-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0321.110706T0319Z-110706T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1019 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1016 PM 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 HOPE...OR 20 MILES NORTH OF MARION...AND MOVING SOUTH
  AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MARION...TAMPA...LINCOLNVILLE...HILLSBORO...RAMONA...LOST
  SPRINGS...PILSEN AND MARION LAKE.

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 3861 9693 3860 9692 3853 9692 3853 9685
      3852 9684 3828 9684 3827 9725 3862 9721
TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 352DEG 18KT 3862 9705
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

DARMOFAL

3 follow-up statements

562 
WWUS53 KICT 060332
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1032 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

KSC115-060415-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-110706T0415Z/
MARION KS-
1032 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
MARION COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1030 PM 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 6 MILES EAST OF TAMPA...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF MARION...MOVING
SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MARION...LINCOLNVILLE...HILLSBORO...PILSEN AND MARION LAKE.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3861 9693 3860 9692 3853 9692 3853 9685
      3852 9684 3828 9684 3827 9725 3862 9721
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 352DEG 18KT 3856 9704
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

DARMOFAL

591 
WWUS53 KICT 060345
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1045 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

KSC115-060415-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-110706T0415Z/
MARION KS-
1045 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
MARION COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1039 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF 
LINCOLNVILLE...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF MARION...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. 
NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MARION...LINCOLNVILLE...HILLSBORO...PILSEN AND MARION LAKE.

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 3861 9693 3860 9692 3853 9692 3853 9685
      3852 9684 3828 9684 3827 9725 3862 9721
TIME...MOT...LOC 0345Z 352DEG 18KT 3850 9703
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN

$$

DARMOFAL

749 
WWUS53 KICT 060357
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1057 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

KSC115-060406-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-110706T0415Z/
MARION KS-
1057 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MARION 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 GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3861 9693 3860 9692 3853 9692 3853 9685
      3852 9684 3828 9684 3827 9725 3862 9721
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 352DEG 18KT 3845 9702

$$

DARMOFAL

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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.