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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2021, 10:31 PM CDT for Kingman 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 20, 2021, 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2021, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Kingman County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KICT 210331
SVRICT
KSC095-210415-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0139.210821T0331Z-210821T0415Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1031 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Kingman County in south central Kansas...
* Until 1115 PM CDT.
* At 1031 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles northeast of Cunningham to 9 miles southwest
of Kingman to 5 miles southeast of Nashville, moving east at 40
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Kingman, Norwich, Murdock, Waterloo, Willowdale, Zenda, Spivey,
Cleveland, Penalosa, Mt Vernon, Kingman Airport, Rago, Cheney Lake
and Cheney State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3740 9841 3758 9838 3772 9838 3773 9781
3739 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 268DEG 34KT 3771 9829 3757 9825 3739 9834
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
LAWSON2 follow-up statements
816
WWUS53 KICT 210400
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1100 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
KSC095-210415-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0139.000000T0000Z-210821T0415Z/
Kingman KS-
1100 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY...
At 1100 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 5 miles southeast of Pretty Prairie to 8 miles
southwest of Cheney to 11 miles north of Harper, moving east at 40
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Kingman, Norwich, Murdock, Waterloo, Spivey, Cleveland, Rago, Mt
Vernon, Kingman Airport and Cheney State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3740 9822 3759 9823 3771 9820 3773 9781
3739 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0400Z 267DEG 34KT 3772 9797 3758 9793 3745 9806
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
LAWSON352
WWUS53 KICT 210412
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1112 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
KSC095-210422-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0139.000000T0000Z-210821T0415Z/
Kingman KS-
1112 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1115 PM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3740 9822 3759 9823 3771 9820 3773 9781
3739 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 268DEG 34KT 3772 9783 3758 9779 3745 9792
$$
LAWSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson, Rice | 27 min |
| Aug 20, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion, Rice, Saline | 67 min |
| Aug 20, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, McPherson, Marion | 68 min |
| Aug 20, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 63 min |
| Aug 20, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick | 55 min |
| Aug 20, 9:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Reno | 10 hr |
| Aug 20, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Marion, Reno, Sedgwick | 53 min |
| Aug 20, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 23 min |
| Aug 20, 11:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 29 min |
| Aug 21, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 40 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.