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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Wichita, KS

August 12, 2021Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 3:55 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min. 6 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 12, 2021, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 12, 4:51 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Sw Lincoln, KSPOWER POLE SNAPPED.
Aug 12, 4:51 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Sw Lincoln, KSPOWER POLE SNAPPED 5 MILES WEST AND 4 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN KANSAS.
Aug 12, 4:56 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 E Lincoln, KSUPS TRUCK BLOWN OVER NEAR HIGHWAY 14 JUST EAST OF LINCOLN.
Aug 12, 4:56 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGLincoln, KSUPS TRUCK BLOWN OVER NEAR HWY 14 EAST OF LINCOLN. DRIVER EXTRACTED. REPORTED INJURED TAKEN IN AMBULANCE.
Aug 12, 4:57 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 75Sylvan Grove, KS
Aug 12, 5:00 PM CDTHAIL 1Sylvan Grove, KS

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, 8.9 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1295 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1295 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-253 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

045 
WUUS53 KICT 122055
SVRICT
KSC105-122200-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0123.210812T2055Z-210812T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
355 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Lincoln County in central Kansas...

* Until 500 PM CDT.

* At 355 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles west of
  Lincoln, moving west at 5 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Lincoln and Sylvan Grove. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3921 9816 3900 9805 3892 9839 3913 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 091DEG 6KT 3906 9827 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

BUTLER
1 follow-up statement
148 
WWUS53 KICT 122117
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
417 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

KSC105-122200-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0123.000000T0000Z-210812T2200Z/
Lincoln KS-
417 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...

At 416 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sylvan Grove,
or 9 miles west of Lincoln, and is nearly stationary.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Lincoln and Sylvan Grove. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3921 9816 3900 9805 3892 9839 3913 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 091DEG 6KT 3906 9832 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell35 min
Aug 12, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln15 min
Aug 12, 4:53 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTLincoln4 hr
Aug 12, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln44 min
Aug 12, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatICTLincoln, Russell55 min
Aug 12, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell42 min
Aug 12, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatICTLincoln, Russell44 min
Aug 12, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice35 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.