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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2020, 5:48 AM CDT for Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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
- May 3, 2020, 5:48 AM CDT (10:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2020, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Kingman County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:47 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 6:15 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Nnw Norwich, KS | DELAYED REPORT. ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF PENNY SIZE HAIL WITH SOME LARGER STONES MIXED IN. SPOTTER WAS NOT ABLE TO GO GET THE LARGER STONES AND THE SIZE IS ESTIMATED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
334 WUUS53 KICT 031048 SVRICT KSC095-031145- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0021.200503T1048Z-200503T1145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Wichita KS 548 AM CDT Sun May 3 2020 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Kingman County in south central Kansas... * Until 645 AM CDT. * At 547 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles east of Nashville, or 13 miles southwest of Kingman, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * Locations impacted include... Kingman, Norwich, Cunningham, Nashville, Murdock, Waterloo, Willowdale, Zenda, Spivey, Cleveland, Penalosa, Mt Vernon, Kingman Airport, Rago, Cheney Lake and Cheney State Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3739 9846 3773 9846 3773 9781 3739 9781 TIME...MOT...LOC 1047Z 271DEG 29KT 3748 9824 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ KLEINSASSER
3 follow-up statements
390 WWUS53 KICT 031059 SVSICT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 559 AM CDT Sun May 3 2020 KSC095-031145- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200503T1145Z/ Kingman KS- 559 AM CDT Sun May 3 2020 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR KINGMAN COUNTY... At 559 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles south of Kingman, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Kingman, Norwich, Cunningham, Nashville, Murdock, Waterloo, Willowdale, Zenda, Spivey, Cleveland, Penalosa, Mt Vernon, Kingman Airport, Rago, Cheney Lake and Cheney State Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3739 9846 3773 9846 3773 9781 3739 9781 TIME...MOT...LOC 1059Z 272DEG 28KT 3746 9815 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ KLEINSASSER
594 WWUS53 KICT 031128 SVSICT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 628 AM CDT Sun May 3 2020 KSC095-031145- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200503T1145Z/ Kingman KS- 628 AM CDT Sun May 3 2020 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY... At 628 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Norwich, or 12 miles west of Conway Springs, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Norwich, Murdock and Rago. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3739 9817 3758 9792 3760 9781 3739 9781 TIME...MOT...LOC 1128Z 271DEG 29KT 3746 9786 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ KLEINSASSER
586
WWUS53 KICT 031138
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
638 AM CDT Sun May 3 2020
KSC095-031148-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200503T1145Z/
Kingman KS-
638 AM CDT Sun May 3 2020
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 645 AM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3739 9817 3758 9792 3760 9781 3739 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 1138Z 271DEG 29KT 3746 9778
$$
KLEINSASSERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 4:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey, Marion, Reno | 28 min |
| May 3, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 61 min |
| May 3, 5:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 36 min |
| May 3, 5:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 29 min |
| May 3, 5:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 57 min |
| May 3, 5:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 64 min |
| May 3, 5:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 55 min |
| May 3, 6:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 31 min |
| May 3, 6:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 68 min |
| May 3, 6:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 55 min |
| May 3, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Greenwood | 62 min |
| May 3, 7:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 63 min |
| May 3, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Wilson, Woodson | 60 min |
| May 3, 8:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 49 min |
| May 3, 8:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 62 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.