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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 6:37 PM CDT for Barton County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 68 min. 4 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
- Aug 10, 2021, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barton County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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 10, 7:06 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 E Gorham, KS | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTO. |
| Aug 10, 7:08 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Russell, KS | |
| Aug 10, 7:16 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | Russell Airport, KS | |
| Aug 10, 7:24 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 7 N Russell, KS | DIME SIZED WIND DRIVEN HAIL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 672 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -516 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
786
WUUS53 KICT 102337
SVRICT
KSC009-167-110045-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
637 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Russell County in central Kansas...
Northwestern Barton County in central Kansas...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 637 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Loretta,
moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Russell, Gorham, Milberger, Bunker Hill, Galatia, Susank and
Russell Airport.
This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 176 and 196.
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 3893 9904 3903 9893 3896 9868 3863 9858
3855 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 236DEG 23KT 3865 9915
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
METZGER1 follow-up statement
773
WWUS53 KICT 110012
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
712 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
KSC009-110022-
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Barton KS-
712 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3893 9904 3903 9893 3896 9868 3870 9860
3870 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 220DEG 26KT 3888 9894
$$
KSC167-110045-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-210811T0045Z/
Russell KS-
712 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY...
At 712 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Gorham, or near
Russell, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Law enforcement has reported ping pong sized hail in
Russell.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Russell, Gorham, Milberger, Bunker Hill and Russell Airport.
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 3893 9904 3903 9893 3896 9868 3870 9860
3870 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 220DEG 26KT 3888 9894
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
METZGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 12:40 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | Saline | 31 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Harvey, Marion | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 31 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.