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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 421, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2011, 6:06 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 18, 2011, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Russell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1581 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
015 WUUS53 KICT 182306 SVRICT KSC167-182345- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0421.110818T2306Z-110818T2345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 606 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 604 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 NEAR GORHAM...OR 9 MILES WEST OF RUSSELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RUSSELL AND RUSSELL AIRPORT. 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 3900 9904 3901 9868 3872 9874 3877 9905 TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 272DEG 19KT 3892 9899 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN $$
2 follow-up statements
025 WWUS53 KICT 182321 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 621 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2011 KSC167-182345- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0421.000000T0000Z-110818T2345Z/ RUSSELL KS- 621 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSSELL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RUSSELL AND RUSSELL AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3900 9904 3901 9868 3872 9874 3877 9905 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 272DEG 19KT 3887 9891 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN $$
408 WWUS53 KICT 182342 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 642 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2011 KSC167-182352- /O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0421.000000T0000Z-110818T2345Z/ RUSSELL KS- 642 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT... 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 3900 9904 3901 9868 3872 9874 3877 9905 TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 272DEG 19KT 3887 9877 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 24 min |
| Aug 18, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 33 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.