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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Wichita, KS

September 2, 2021Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2021, 1:54 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Saline 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
Sep 2, 2021, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2021, 2:27 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 196 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2021-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2021-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

243 
WUUS53 KICT 021854
SVRICT
KSC053-105-169-022000-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0141.210902T1854Z-210902T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
154 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Lincoln County in central Kansas...
  Northeastern Ellsworth County in central Kansas...
  Northwestern Saline County in central Kansas...

* Until 300 PM CDT.

* At 154 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
  Beverly, or 12 miles southeast of Lincoln, moving northeast at 35
  mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  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...
  Beverly, Glendale and Westfall. 

This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 225 and 249.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9793 3896 9741 3876 9805 3897 9821
      3912 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 236DEG 29KT 3889 9802 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

BUTLER
2 follow-up statements
086 
WWUS53 KICT 021912
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
212 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021

KSC053-021922-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-210902T2000Z/
Ellsworth KS-
212 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021

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

LAT...LON 3896 9793 3896 9742 3892 9753 3884 9791
      3899 9803 3904 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 240DEG 21KT 3894 9790 

$$

KSC105-169-022000-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-210902T2000Z/
Lincoln KS-Saline KS-
212 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTIES...

At 212 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tescott, or 15
miles southeast of Lincoln, moving northeast at 25 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...
Beverly and Glendale. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9793 3896 9742 3892 9753 3884 9791
      3899 9803 3904 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 240DEG 21KT 3894 9790 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

BUTLER
883 
WWUS53 KICT 021927
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
227 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021

KSC105-169-021936-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-210902T2000Z/
Lincoln KS-Saline KS-
227 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND
NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3896 9793 3896 9742 3892 9753 3884 9791
      3899 9803 3904 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 236DEG 29KT 3901 9777 

$$

BUTLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 1:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln37 min
Sep 2, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell36 min
Sep 2, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton21 min
Sep 2, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell27 min
Sep 2, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell37 min
Sep 2, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline29 min
Sep 2, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton35 min
Sep 2, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell33 min
Sep 2, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey31 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.