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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

April 24, 2016Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2016, 6:41 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 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
Apr 24, 2016, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
2.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 24, 6:42 PM CDTHAIL 1.756 E New Cambria, KSROTATING WALL CLOUD REPORTED BY CHASER SAME LOCATION

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 24, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2016-04-24Temperature 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2016-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1469 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

007 
WUUS53 KICT 242341
SVRICT
KSC169-250000-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0021.160424T2341Z-160425T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
641 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 640 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF NEW CAMBRIA...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALINA...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 260 AND 266.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3893 9737 3893 9738 3892 9738 3891 9737
      3887 9737 3886 9747 3896 9751 3896 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 243DEG 24KT 3893 9738 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JAKUB
1 follow-up statement
573 
WWUS53 KICT 242350
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
650 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

KSC169-250000-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160425T0000Z/
SALINE KS-
650 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3893 9737 3893 9738 3892 9738 3891 9737
      3887 9737 3886 9747 3896 9751 3896 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 243DEG 24KT 3893 9738 

$$

CARUSO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 3:55 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICTButler, Chase, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harvey and 6 more15 hr
Apr 24, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton23 min
Apr 24, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell54 min
Apr 24, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln46 min
Apr 24, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln37 min
Apr 24, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln51 min
Apr 24, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSaline51 min
Apr 24, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSaline46 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.