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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 11, 2021Linn County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2021, 5:42 PM CDT for Linn County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
Jun 11, 2021, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Linn County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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
Jun 11, 5:56 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Blue Mound, 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
Jun 11, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2021-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2135 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2021-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2135 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

889 
WUUS53 KEAX 112242
SVREAX
KSC107-112315-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0035.210611T2242Z-210611T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
542 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Linn County in east central Kansas...

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 541 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 7 miles north of Blue Mound to near Kincaid, moving
  southeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Blue Mound around 550 PM CDT.
  Mound City around 555 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3804 9507 3821 9508 3825 9507 3826 9506
      3833 9506 3836 9498 3804 9467
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 328DEG 27KT 3819 9499 3805 9515 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Leighton
2 follow-up statements
342 
WWUS53 KEAX 112305
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
605 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

KSC107-112315-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210611T2315Z/
Linn KS-
605 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINN COUNTY...

At 605 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles south of Mound City to near Bronson, moving
southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings.

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Linn County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3804 9507 3822 9507 3822 9484 3804 9467
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 328DEG 27KT 3804 9487 3790 9503 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Leighton
004 
WWUS53 KEAX 112315
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
615 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

KSC107-112325-
/O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210611T2315Z/
Linn KS-
615 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINN COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
east central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3804 9507 3822 9507 3822 9484 3804 9467
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 328DEG 27KT 3798 9482 3784 9498 

$$

Leighton

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Doniphan29 min
Jun 11, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Doniphan34 min
Jun 11, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth63 min
Jun 11, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte68 min
Jun 11, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Miami, Wyandotte31 min
Jun 11, 4:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXLeavenworth, Wyandotte4 hr
Jun 11, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Miami48 min
Jun 11, 5:58 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson81 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.