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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Wichita, KS

July 15, 2021Kingman County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2021, 7:04 PM CDT for Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 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 15, 2021, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Kingman County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 729 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
729 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

614 
WUUS53 KICT 160004
SVRICT
KSC095-160100-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0105.210716T0004Z-210716T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
704 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Kingman County in south central Kansas...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 704 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles east of
  Kingman, and is nearly stationary.

  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 Kingman County, including the following locations...
  Waterloo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3761 9805 3773 9804 3771 9790 3758 9790
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 303DEG 4KT 3763 9800 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KETCHAM
2 follow-up statements
153 
WWUS53 KICT 160035
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
735 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021

KSC095-160100-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0105.000000T0000Z-210716T0100Z/
Kingman KS-
735 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL KINGMAN COUNTY...

At 735 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
Kingman, and is nearly stationary.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of east
central Kingman County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3761 9802 3765 9800 3765 9790 3758 9790
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 303DEG 4KT 3761 9796 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KETCHAM
448 
WWUS53 KICT 160050
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
750 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021

KSC095-160100-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0105.000000T0000Z-210716T0100Z/
Kingman KS-
750 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL KINGMAN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3761 9802 3765 9800 3765 9790 3758 9790
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 303DEG 4KT 3760 9794 

$$

KETCHAM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWoodson59 min
Jul 15, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk53 min
Jul 15, 9:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Neosho53 min
Jul 15, 10:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette34 min
Jul 15, 11:04 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler, Elk, Neosho, Wilson11 hr
Jul 15, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley62 min
Jul 16, 2:56 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTAllen, Greenwood, Woodson7 hr
Jul 16, 4:08 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTLabette, Montgomery30 hr
Jul 16, 6:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTWilson14 hr
Jul 16, 7:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTWilson34 hr
Jul 16, 7:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTLabette, Neosho3 days
Jul 16, 8:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson71 hr
Jul 16, 8:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery68 hr
Jul 16, 8:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTNeosho36 hr
Jul 16, 8:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTCherokee, Labette3 days
Jul 16, 8:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho50 hr
Jul 16, 8:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTAllen35 hr
Jul 16, 10:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTNeosho, Wilson, Woodson24 hr
Jul 16, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner31 min
Jul 16, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner42 min
Jul 16, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman24 min
Jul 16, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner31 min
Jul 16, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman26 min
Jul 16, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper29 min
Jul 16, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner28 min
Jul 16, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper29 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.