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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2020, 2:08 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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
- Jun 28, 2020, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2020, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Lincoln County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 1397 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1030 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted.
336 WWUS83 KICT 280708 SPSICT Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 208 AM CDT Sun Jun 28 2020 KSZ033-280745- Lincoln KS- 208 AM CDT Sun Jun 28 2020 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Significant Weather Advisory for... Northeastern Lincoln County in central Kansas... * Until 245 AM CDT. * At 206 AM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm over Barnard, or 13 miles northeast of Lincoln...moving east at 45 mph. * Hail up to the size of dimes...and wind gusts up to 40 mph will be possible with this storm. * Locations impacted include... Barnard. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for central Kansas. LAT...LON 3913 9793 3913 9805 3922 9813 3922 9793 TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 249DEG 38KT 3921 9802 $$ BUTLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 1:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 29 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.