Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2021, 2:50 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 55 min. 2 reports 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
- Jul 10, 2021, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 3:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Leon, KS | DELAYED REPORT. 4 POWER POLES SNAPPED IN HALF 3 MILES E OF LEON ON KS 400. |
| Jul 10, 3:17 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Nne Latham, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 265 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
- 917 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KICT 101950
SVRICT
KSC015-035-049-073-102045-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0100.210710T1950Z-210710T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
250 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Elk County in southeastern Kansas...
Northeastern Cowley County in south central Kansas...
Southeastern Butler County in south central Kansas...
Southwestern Greenwood County in southeastern Kansas...
* Until 345 PM CDT.
* At 250 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Leon, moving
southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Latham.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3768 9690 3783 9665 3758 9620 3730 9664
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 321DEG 17KT 3769 9675
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
BUTLER3 follow-up statements
157
WWUS53 KICT 102006
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
306 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021
KSC015-035-049-073-102045-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0100.000000T0000Z-210710T2045Z/
Elk KS-Cowley KS-Butler KS-Greenwood KS-
306 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ELK...NORTHEASTERN COWLEY...SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER AND
SOUTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES...
At 306 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Latham, or 9
miles southeast of Leon, moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Latham, Piedmont and Beaumont.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3764 9678 3776 9653 3758 9620 3732 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 314DEG 19KT 3761 9663
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
BUTLER462
WWUS53 KICT 102023
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
323 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021
KSC015-035-049-073-102045-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0100.000000T0000Z-210710T2045Z/
Elk KS-Cowley KS-Butler KS-Greenwood KS-
323 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ELK...NORTHEASTERN COWLEY...SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER AND
SOUTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES...
At 322 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles east of
Latham, or 12 miles northwest of Howard, moving southeast at 35 mph.
Golf ball sized hail has been reported with this storm.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Latham, Piedmont and Beaumont.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3756 9674 3771 9644 3758 9620 3732 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 293DEG 31KT 3757 9645
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BUTLER929
WWUS53 KICT 102045
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
345 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021
KSC015-035-049-073-102055-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0100.000000T0000Z-210710T2045Z/
Elk KS-Cowley KS-Butler KS-Greenwood KS-
345 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ELK...
NORTHEASTERN COWLEY...SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER AND SOUTHWESTERN GREENWOOD
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
south central and southeastern Kansas.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
central and eastern Elk County.
LAT...LON 3756 9674 3771 9644 3758 9620 3732 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 321DEG 17KT 3749 9637
$$
BUTLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 1:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 2:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 2:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 23 min |
| Jul 10, 4:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell, Saline | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 4:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson | 14 min |
| Jul 10, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Montgomery | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 48 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.