Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 4:57 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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 12, 2021, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2021, 5:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 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), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 951 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1729 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
652
WUUS53 KICT 122157
SVRICT
KSC105-122300-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0124.210812T2157Z-210812T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
457 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Lincoln County in central Kansas...
* Until 600 PM CDT.
* At 457 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Barnard to near Beverly, moving east 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...
Beverly and Barnard.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3896 9793 3895 9809 3922 9809 3922 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 261DEG 13KT 3919 9796 3900 9793
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
245
WWUS53 KICT 122226
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
526 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
KSC105-122300-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-210812T2300Z/
Lincoln KS-
526 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...
At 525 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Ada to Beverly, and are nearly stationary.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Beverly and Barnard.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3896 9793 3895 9809 3922 9809 3922 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 105DEG 0KT 3919 9796 3900 9795
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$695
WWUS53 KICT 122241
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
541 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
KSC105-122250-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-210812T2300Z/
Lincoln KS-
541 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3896 9793 3895 9809 3922 9809 3922 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 261DEG 13KT 3920 9789 3901 9788
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Aug 12, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 35 min |
| Aug 12, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 15 min |
| Aug 12, 4:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 55 min |
| Aug 12, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 42 min |
| Aug 12, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 44 min |
| Aug 12, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.