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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Wichita, KS
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Aug 12, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 55 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.