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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Wichita, KS

April 6, 2021Barton County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2021, 10:13 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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: Apr 6, 2021, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2021, 11:02 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Barton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 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
Apr 6, 10:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 N Great Bend, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 6, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

584 
WUUS53 KICT 070313
SVRICT
KSC009-070415-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0014.210407T0313Z-210407T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1013 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Barton County in central Kansas...

* Until 1115 PM CDT.

* At 1012 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Great Bend,
  moving northeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Storm spotters reported half dollar sized hail just south 
           of Great Bend

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Great Bend, Hoisington, Claflin, Cheyenne Bottoms and Odin. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3854 9892 3869 9848 3849 9848 3835 9887
      3826 9888 3826 9895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 215DEG 15KT 3838 9879 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

METZGER

2 follow-up statements

441 
WWUS53 KICT 070334
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1034 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

KSC009-070415-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210407T0415Z/
Barton KS-
1034 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY...

At 1033 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Claflin,
moving northeast at 30 mph.

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

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters have reported one inch hail just 
         north of Great Bend.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Claflin, Cheyenne Bottoms and Odin. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3869 9848 3849 9848 3840 9874 3862 9867
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 232DEG 27KT 3849 9854 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

METZGER

537 
WWUS53 KICT 070402
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1102 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

KSC009-070412-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210407T0415Z/
Barton KS-
1102 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
central Kansas. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also remains in effect
until 200 AM CDT for central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3869 9848 3849 9848 3840 9874 3862 9867
TIME...MOT...LOC 0400Z 215DEG 15KT 3859 9845 

$$

METZGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	54 min
Apr 6, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	36 min
Apr 6, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	31 min
Apr 6, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	54 min
Apr 6, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	45 min
Apr 6, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	32 min
Apr 6, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	57 min
Apr 6, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln	62 min
Apr 6, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	55 min
Apr 6, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth, Saline	35 min
Apr 6, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	59 min
Apr 6, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	66 min
Apr 6, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	40 min
Apr 6, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	25 min
Apr 6, 11:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Kingman	61 min
Apr 7, 12:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Saline	67 min
Apr 7, 12:52 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Reno, Rice, Russell	17 hr
Apr 7, 12:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	64 min
Apr 7, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson, Marion	45 min
Apr 7, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	23 min
Apr 7, 1:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	46 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.