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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Wichita, KS

August 13, 2021Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2021, 2:42 AM CDT for Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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 13, 2021, 2:42 AM CDT (07:42 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2021, 3:15 AM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 4214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.4

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The text

As transmitted.

258 
WUUS53 KICT 130742
SVRICT
KSC073-130815-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0128.210813T0742Z-210813T0815Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
242 AM CDT Fri Aug 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Greenwood County in southeastern Kansas...

* Until 315 AM CDT.

* At 242 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Madison to near Eureka, moving southeast at 20
  mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Eureka, Madison, Hamilton, Climax, Virgil, Eureka City Lake, Thrall
  and Eureka Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3775 9652 3809 9640 3809 9636 3817 9636
      3817 9596 3769 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0742Z 306DEG 20KT 3816 9621 3778 9631 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

DARMOFAL

1 follow-up statement

246 
WWUS53 KICT 130815
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
315 AM CDT Fri Aug 13 2021

KSC073-130825-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-210813T0815Z/
Greenwood KS-
315 AM CDT Fri Aug 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GREENWOOD COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 3775 9652 3809 9640 3809 9636 3817 9636
      3817 9596 3769 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0815Z 306DEG 20KT 3805 9603 3767 9613 

$$

DARMOFAL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 12, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	48 min
Aug 12, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	38 min
Aug 12, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	39 min
Aug 12, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	37 min
Aug 12, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	44 min
Aug 12, 8:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	41 min
Aug 12, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	34 min
Aug 12, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	31 min
Aug 12, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	34 min
Aug 12, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	29 min
Aug 12, 10:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	34 min
Aug 12, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	28 min
Aug 12, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	27 min
Aug 12, 10:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Rice	5 hr
Aug 12, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	27 min
Aug 12, 11:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	26 min
Aug 12, 11:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	25 min
Aug 13, 12:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	5 hr
Aug 13, 2:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	23 min
Aug 13, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	29 min
Aug 13, 3:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	33 min
Aug 13, 4:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Marion	5 hr
Aug 13, 4:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	30 min
Aug 13, 5:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	29 min
Aug 13, 6:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Wilson, Woodson	4 hr
Aug 13, 7:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	37 min
Aug 13, 8:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	45 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.