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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 10:24 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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
- Aug 7, 2021, 10:24 PM CDT (03:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.
515
WUUS53 KICT 080324
SVRICT
KSC095-155-080400-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0116.210808T0324Z-210808T0400Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1024 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Reno County in south central Kansas...
Western Kingman County in south central Kansas...
* Until 1100 PM CDT.
* At 1024 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles north of Zenith to near Preston to near
Sawyer, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Arlington, Cunningham, Turon, Partridge, Sylvia, Plevna, Abbyville,
Nashville, Willowdale, Zenda, Langdon and Penalosa.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 9846 3812 9847 3817 9846 3817 9824
3805 9824 3805 9802 3780 9809 3738 9822
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 260DEG 40KT 3806 9851 3773 9856 3744 9869
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
DARMOFAL2 follow-up statements
568
WWUS53 KICT 080347
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1047 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
KSC095-155-080400-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-210808T0400Z/
Reno KS-Kingman KS-
1047 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN RENO AND WESTERN KINGMAN COUNTIES...
At 1047 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles north of Plevna to 8 miles south of Arlington
to near Nashville, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Arlington, Cunningham, Turon, Partridge, Sylvia, Plevna, Abbyville,
Nashville, Willowdale, Zenda, Langdon and Penalosa.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 9846 3812 9847 3817 9846 3817 9824
3805 9824 3805 9802 3780 9809 3738 9822
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 260DEG 44KT 3805 9827 3778 9819 3744 9837
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
DARMOFAL081
WWUS53 KICT 080355
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1055 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
KSC095-155-080405-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-210808T0400Z/
Reno KS-Kingman KS-
1055 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN RENO AND WESTERN
KINGMAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.
LAT...LON 3739 9846 3812 9847 3817 9846 3817 9824
3805 9824 3805 9802 3780 9809 3738 9822
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 260DEG 40KT 3806 9817 3779 9809 3745 9827
$$
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, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Reno, Rice | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.