Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2021, 7:23 PM CST for Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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
- Mar 10, 2021, 7:23 PM CST (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2021, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Greenwood County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 7:28 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | 2 S Madison, KS | DIME SIZE HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KICT 110123
SVRICT
KSC073-110215-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
723 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Greenwood County in southeastern Kansas...
* Until 815 PM CST.
* At 723 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Madison,
moving northeast at 40 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...
Madison.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3800 9612 3815 9625 3817 9621 3817 9596
3807 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 237DEG 36KT 3812 9611
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BUTLER2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KICT 110139
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
739 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021
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Greenwood KS-
739 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY...
At 739 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Gridley, or 9
miles east of Madison, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Greenwood County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3806 9601 3813 9609 3817 9604 3817 9596
3807 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 243DEG 30KT 3815 9596
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BUTLER685
WWUS53 KICT 110145
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
745 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021
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Greenwood KS-
745 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled. However small hail and gusty winds are still
possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3806 9601 3813 9609 3817 9604 3817 9596
3807 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 237DEG 36KT 3818 9589
$$
BUTLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 6:51 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 24 min |
| Mar 10, 7:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 28 min |
| Mar 10, 7:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 24 min |
| Mar 10, 7:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 41 min |
| Mar 10, 8:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 8 min |
| Mar 10, 8:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 31 min |
| Mar 10, 8:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 9 min |
| Mar 10, 8:50 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 25 min |
| Mar 10, 9:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 9:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 50 min |
| Mar 10, 10:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 38 min |
| Mar 10, 10:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 27 min |
| Mar 10, 10:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 31 min |
| Mar 11, 12:37 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 23 min |
| Mar 11, 1:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 30 min |
| Mar 11, 3:19 AM CST | Flood Watch | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 3 days |
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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.