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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Wichita, KS

May 27, 2017Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2017, 4:05 AM CDT for Ellsworth County, 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: May 27, 2017, 4:05 AM CDT (09:05 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2017, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 27, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 503 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.7

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The text

As transmitted.

165 
WUUS53 KICT 270905
SVRICT
KSC053-105-271000-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0101.170527T0905Z-170527T1000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
405 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Lincoln County in central Kansas...
  Ellsworth County in central Kansas...

* Until 500 AM CDT

* At 405 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Claflin,
  moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Ellsworth, Wilson, Kanopolis, Lincoln, Holyrood, Sylvan Grove,
  Beverly, Lorraine, Westfall, Kanopolis Lake, Kanopolis State Park
  and Ellsworth Airport.

This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 205 and 235.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3909 9793 3853 9793 3852 9848 3903 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0905Z 269DEG 38KT 3860 9858 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KETCHAM

2 follow-up statements

091 
WWUS53 KICT 270944
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
444 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

KSC053-105-271000-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-170527T1000Z/
Lincoln KS-Ellsworth KS-
444 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND EASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...

At 444 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast of
Geneseo, or 9 miles southeast of Kanopolis, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Ellsworth, Kanopolis, Lincoln, Beverly, Westfall, Kanopolis Lake,
Kanopolis State Park and Ellsworth Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3909 9793 3853 9793 3856 9823 3905 9826
TIME...MOT...LOC 0944Z 269DEG 38KT 3861 9805 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KETCHAM

904 
WWUS53 KICT 270955
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
455 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

KSC053-105-271005-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-170527T1000Z/
Lincoln KS-Ellsworth KS-
455 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND
EASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 AM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.  However small hail and gusty winds are still
possible with this thunderstorm.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for
central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3909 9793 3853 9793 3856 9823 3905 9826
TIME...MOT...LOC 0955Z 269DEG 38KT 3861 9790 

$$

KETCHAM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 2:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	51 min
May 27, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	59 min
May 27, 3:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	26 min
May 27, 4:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	53 min
May 27, 9:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	32 min
May 27, 10:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	24 min
May 27, 11:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	30 min
May 27, 11:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	56 min
May 27, 12:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	43 min
May 27, 12:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Neosho	12 min
May 27, 12:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	66 min
May 27, 12:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	42 min
May 27, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson	63 min
May 27, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	46 min
May 27, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	54 min
May 27, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	26 min

Nearby

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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.