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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 8:12 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 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 10, 2021, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Lincoln County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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, 8:22 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 N Ash Grove, KS | 50 TO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS ACCOMPANIED BY DIME SIZE 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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 879 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KICT 110112
SVRICT
KSC105-110130-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0122.210811T0112Z-210811T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
812 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Lincoln County in central Kansas...
* Until 830 PM CDT.
* At 812 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hunter, or 15
miles northwest of Lincoln, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
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...
Ash Grove.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
away from windows.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3922 9827 3889 9848 3922 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 220DEG 26KT 3917 9838
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
METZGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 54 min |
| Aug 10, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 64 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.