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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Wichita, KS

August 12, 2021Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 5:18 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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

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The text

As transmitted.

160 
WUUS53 KICT 122218
SVRICT
KSC167-122300-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0126.210812T2218Z-210812T2300Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Russell County in central Kansas...

* Until 600 PM CDT.

* At 517 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast
  of Emmeram, 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...
  Paradise.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9904 3913 9889 3895 9882 3894 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 097DEG 6KT 3905 9905 

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

$$
1 follow-up statement
586 
WWUS53 KICT 122251
SVSICT

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

KSC167-122301-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0126.000000T0000Z-210812T2300Z/
Russell KS-
551 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3913 9904 3913 9889 3895 9882 3894 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 097DEG 6KT 3906 9912 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln65 min
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, 5:59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.