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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Wichita, KS

July 26, 2021Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2021, 4:42 PM CDT for Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 14 min. 3 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 26, 2021, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2021, 4:56 PM CDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 26, 4:43 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 S Downtown Wichita, KS	DELAYED REPORT. TREE DOWN AT ENVISION IN SOUTH WICHITA. REPORT VIA TWITTER. TIME ESTIMATED.
Jul 26, 4:46 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ese Bel Aire, KS	DELAYED REPORT. KAKE BROADCASTER REPORTED A BRANCH HAD SNAPPED DURING THE STORM NEAR THIS LOCATION.
Jul 26, 4:49 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Wnw Andover, KS	DELAYED REPORT. KAKE BROADCASTER SENT A OF MINOR TREE DAMAGE.

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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 203 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1152 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

106 
WUUS53 KICT 262142
SVRICT
KSC015-173-262230-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0109.210726T2142Z-210726T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
442 PM CDT Mon Jul 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Sedgwick County in south central Kansas...
  Southwestern Butler County in south central Kansas...

* Until 530 PM CDT.

* At 442 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mcconnell Air
  Force Base, or 6 miles southwest of Andover, and is nearly
  stationary.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Wichita around 445 PM CDT.
  South Wichita around 455 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Mcconnell Air Force Base, Eastborough and East Wichita.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 1 and 7.
 Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 43 and 54.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3763 9706 3754 9723 3764 9737 3778 9726
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 137DEG 2KT 3764 9723 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CARUSO

1 follow-up statement

207 
WWUS53 KICT 262156
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
456 PM CDT Mon Jul 26 2021

KSC015-173-262206-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0109.000000T0000Z-210726T2230Z/
Sedgwick KS-Butler KS-
456 PM CDT Mon Jul 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SEDGWICK AND
SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER 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 heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3763 9706 3754 9723 3764 9737 3778 9726
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 137DEG 2KT 3765 9724 

$$

CARUSO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	60 min
Jul 26, 3:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	55 min
Jul 26, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	55 min
Jul 26, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	61 min
Jul 26, 4:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	5 hr
Jul 26, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	51 min
Jul 26, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	56 min
Jul 26, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	54 min
Jul 26, 5:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson	4 hr
Jul 26, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Rice	28 min
Jul 26, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	25 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.