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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS

April 7, 2013Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2013, 6:52 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. 3 reports 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
Apr 7, 2013, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 7, 7:00 PM CDTHAIL 0.7510 N Russell, KS
Apr 7, 7:03 PM CDTHAIL 0.8810 N Russell, KS
Apr 7, 7:07 PM CDTHAIL 110 N Russell, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 7, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2013-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2013-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

058 
WUUS53 KICT 072352
SVRICT
KSC167-080045-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0013.130407T2352Z-130408T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
652 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 649 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARADISE...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND CROPS.
           EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LURAY...LUCAS...WALDO AND WILSON LAKE.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR 
RUSSELL COUNTY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3914 9904 3914 9849 3893 9848 3892 9879
      3893 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 270DEG 25KT 3905 9886

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

CARUSO
3 follow-up statements
845 
WWUS53 KICT 080002
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
702 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

KSC167-080045-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130408T0045Z/
RUSSELL KS-
702 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 700 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LURAY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND CROPS.
         EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LURAY...LUCAS AND WILSON LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3914 9904 3914 9849 3893 9848 3892 9879
      3893 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 278DEG 26KT 3903 9878

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

MCGUIRE
805 
WWUS53 KICT 080008
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
708 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

KSC167-080045-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130408T0045Z/
RUSSELL KS-
708 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 707 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
LURAY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LURAY...LUCAS AND WILSON LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
WICHITA.

&&

LAT...LON 3914 9904 3914 9849 3893 9848 3892 9879
      3893 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 278DEG 26KT 3902 9872

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

MCGUIRE
942 
WWUS53 KICT 080033
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
733 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

KSC167-080043-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130408T0045Z/
RUSSELL KS-
733 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN RUSSELL 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.

LAT...LON 3914 9904 3914 9849 3893 9848 3892 9879
      3893 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 278DEG 26KT 3899 9849

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 12:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick22 min
Apr 7, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler55 min
Apr 7, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick57 min
Apr 7, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Elk, Greenwood64 min
Apr 7, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWoodson53 min
Apr 7, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson66 min
Apr 7, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen38 min
Apr 7, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline31 min
Apr 7, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson, Woodson31 min
Apr 7, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho62 min
Apr 7, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell44 min
Apr 7, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.