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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Wichita, KS

September 14, 2021Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2021, 5:09 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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: Sep 14, 2021, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: Sep 14, 2021, 6:01 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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
Sep 14, 5:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ene Cunningham, KS	DELAYED REPORT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, LARGE AMOUNT OF BRANCHES DOWN.

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
Sep 14, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

776 
WUUS53 KICT 142209
SVRICT
KSC095-155-142315-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0145.210914T2209Z-210914T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
509 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Reno County in south central Kansas...
  Northwestern Kingman County in south central Kansas...

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 508 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Cunningham,
  or 6 miles east of Cairo, moving east at 15 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Kingman, Cunningham, Willowdale, Cleveland, Penalosa and Kingman
  Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3757 9846 3775 9847 3778 9808 3747 9808
      3755 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 273DEG 11KT 3765 9844 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

BUTLER

1 follow-up statement

016 
WWUS53 KICT 142301
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
601 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021

KSC095-155-142311-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-210914T2315Z/
Reno KS-Kingman KS-
601 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN RENO AND
NORTHWESTERN KINGMAN 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.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
south central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3757 9846 3775 9847 3778 9808 3747 9808
      3755 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 273DEG 11KT 3764 9824 

$$

BUTLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 14, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	44 min
Sep 14, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman	33 min
Sep 14, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	28 min
Sep 14, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	30 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.