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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Wichita, KS

April 6, 2021Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2021, 8:27 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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: Apr 6, 2021, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2021, 9:12 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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
Apr 6, 8:33 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	1 E Sylvan Grove, KS

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
Apr 6, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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: 71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

400 
WUUS53 KICT 070127
SVRICT
KSC053-105-070230-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0012.210407T0127Z-210407T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
827 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Lincoln County in central Kansas...
  Northern Ellsworth County in central Kansas...

* Until 930 PM CDT.

* At 827 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast
  of Wilson, moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Ellsworth, Wilson, Kanopolis, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Beverly,
  Barnard, Ash Grove, Westfall and Ellsworth Airport.

This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 205 and 235.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3922 9794 3871 9793 3870 9849 3922 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 229DEG 22KT 3888 9835 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

METZGER

3 follow-up statements

781 
WWUS53 KICT 070139
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
839 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

KSC053-105-070230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210407T0230Z/
Lincoln KS-Ellsworth KS-
839 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR LINCOLN AND NORTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...

At 839 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast of
Sylvan Grove, or 10 miles southwest of Lincoln, moving northeast at
25 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters have reported 65 mph winds near 
         Sylvan Grove.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Ellsworth, Wilson, Kanopolis, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Beverly,
Barnard, Ash Grove, Westfall and Ellsworth Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3922 9794 3871 9793 3870 9849 3922 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 229DEG 22KT 3893 9828 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

METZGER

159 
WWUS53 KICT 070158
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
858 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

KSC053-105-070230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210407T0230Z/
Lincoln KS-Ellsworth KS-
858 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR LINCOLN AND NORTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...

At 858 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lincoln, moving
northeast at 25 mph.

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

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters reported 60 mph near Sylvan Grove.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Ellsworth, Wilson, Kanopolis, Lincoln, Beverly, Barnard, Westfall and
Ellsworth Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3922 9794 3871 9793 3870 9849 3882 9848
      3901 9833 3922 9826
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 229DEG 22KT 3901 9817 

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

METZGER

992 
WWUS53 KICT 070212
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
912 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

KSC053-105-070222-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210407T0230Z/
Lincoln KS-Ellsworth KS-
912 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LINCOLN AND NORTHERN ELLSWORTH
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 gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3922 9794 3871 9793 3870 9849 3882 9848
      3901 9833 3922 9826
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 229DEG 22KT 3895 9790 

$$

METZGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	54 min
Apr 6, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	36 min
Apr 6, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	31 min
Apr 6, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	54 min
Apr 6, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	32 min
Apr 6, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	57 min
Apr 6, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln	62 min
Apr 6, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	55 min
Apr 6, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	49 min
Apr 6, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth, Saline	35 min
Apr 6, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	59 min
Apr 6, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	66 min
Apr 6, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	40 min
Apr 6, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	25 min
Apr 6, 11:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Kingman	61 min
Apr 7, 12:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Saline	67 min
Apr 7, 12:52 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Reno, Rice, Russell	17 hr
Apr 7, 12:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	64 min
Apr 7, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson, Marion	45 min
Apr 7, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	23 min
Apr 7, 1:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	46 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.