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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 5:59 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2021, 6:43 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 12, 5:59 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Lucas, KS | REPORT CAME IN VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Aug 12, 6:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Sylvan Grove, KS | POWER POLE REORTED DOWN. |
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
987
WUUS53 KICT 122259
SVRICT
KSC105-167-130000-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
559 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Lincoln County in central Kansas...
Northeastern Russell County in central Kansas...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 559 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lucas, or 12
miles north of Wilson, moving south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Emergency management.
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...
Russell, Lucas, Sylvan Grove, Luray, Dorrance, Bunker Hill, Waldo,
Wilson State Park, Wilson Lake and Russell Airport.
This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 187 and 202.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3887 9835 3887 9848 3886 9849 3883 9882
3913 9891 3914 9837
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 349DEG 8KT 3900 9853
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KICT 122316
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
616 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
KSC105-167-130000-
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Lincoln KS-Russell KS-
616 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTIES...
At 616 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles north of
Dorrance, or 8 miles northwest of Wilson, moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Emergency management.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Russell, Lucas, Sylvan Grove, Luray, Dorrance, Bunker Hill, Waldo,
Wilson State Park, Wilson Lake and Russell Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3887 9835 3887 9848 3886 9849 3883 9882
3913 9891 3914 9837
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 340DEG 13KT 3894 9855
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$629
WWUS53 KICT 122343
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
643 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
KSC105-167-122353-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-210813T0000Z/
Lincoln KS-Russell KS-
643 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND
NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3887 9835 3887 9848 3886 9849 3883 9882
3913 9891 3914 9837
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 349DEG 8KT 3888 9854
$$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, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.