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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 10:19 PM CDT for McPherson County, Reno County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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
- Aug 7, 2021, 10:19 PM CDT (03:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 10:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | N Sterling, KS | 50 TO 60 MPH QUICK BURST OF WIND AND THEN SUBSIDED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted.
991
WUUS53 KICT 080319
SVRICT
KSC113-155-159-080345-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0115.210808T0319Z-210808T0345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1019 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern McPherson County in central Kansas...
Northeastern Reno County in south central Kansas...
Southeastern Rice County in central Kansas...
* Until 1045 PM CDT.
* At 1018 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast
of Nickerson, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Hutchinson, Mcpherson, Sterling, Inman, Buhler, Nickerson,
Willowbrook, Mcpherson Airport and Hutchinson Airport.
This includes Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 55 and 60.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3833 9825 3837 9756 3817 9765 3817 9770
3805 9770 3805 9825
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 270DEG 33KT 3822 9797
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
DARMOFAL1 follow-up statement
395
WWUS53 KICT 080344
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1044 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
KSC113-155-159-080353-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0115.000000T0000Z-210808T0345Z/
McPherson KS-Reno KS-Rice KS-
1044 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MCPHERSON...
NORTHEASTERN RENO AND SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1045
PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3833 9825 3837 9756 3817 9765 3817 9770
3805 9770 3805 9825
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 270DEG 33KT 3822 9770
$$
DARMOFALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Saline | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 9:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 22 min |
| Aug 7, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson, Rice, Saline | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 9:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson, Marion, Rice | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 20 min |
| Aug 7, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 10:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 11:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion, Reno, Rice | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey, Kingman, Sedgwick | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 2:18 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 4 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.