Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2021, 3:44 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 14 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
- Jul 10, 2021, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2021, 3:58 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Elk County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Wilson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 217 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.
695
WUUS53 KICT 102044
SVRICT
KSC019-049-125-205-102145-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0101.210710T2044Z-210710T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
344 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Elk County in southeastern Kansas...
Southwestern Wilson County in southeastern Kansas...
Northwestern Montgomery County in southeastern Kansas...
Northeastern Chautauqua County in southeastern Kansas...
* Until 445 PM CDT.
* At 344 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Howard,
moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Elk Falls around 355 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Longton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3744 9641 3761 9625 3750 9570 3724 9598
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 286DEG 24KT 3748 9626
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BUTLER1 follow-up statement
963
WWUS53 KICT 102058
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
358 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021
KSC019-049-125-205-102108-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-210710T2145Z/
Elk KS-Wilson KS-Montgomery KS-Chautauqua KS-
358 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ELK...SOUTHWESTERN WILSON...
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
southeastern Kansas.
LAT...LON 3744 9641 3761 9625 3750 9570 3724 9598
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 286DEG 24KT 3745 9614
$$
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, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 55 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, 3:51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.