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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2021, 8:58 PM CDT for Barton County, Ellsworth County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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 14, 2021, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2021, 9:23 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KICT 150158
SVRICT
KSC009-053-167-150300-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0148.210915T0158Z-210915T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
858 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Ellsworth County in central Kansas...
Southeastern Russell County in central Kansas...
Northeastern Barton County in central Kansas...
* Until 1000 PM CDT.
* At 857 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast
of Hoisington, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Ellsworth, Hoisington, Wilson, Claflin, Holyrood, Dorrance,
Ellsworth Airport and Odin.
This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 201 and 217.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3885 9868 3887 9826 3872 9817 3865 9823
3852 9845 3852 9847 3850 9849 3852 9882
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 214DEG 19KT 3856 9867
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
BUTLER1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KICT 150223
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
923 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021
KSC009-053-167-150233-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-210915T0300Z/
Ellsworth KS-Russell KS-Barton KS-
923 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN ELLSWORTH...
SOUTHEASTERN RUSSELL AND NORTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However small hail, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3885 9868 3887 9826 3872 9817 3865 9823
3852 9845 3852 9847 3850 9849 3852 9882
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 214DEG 19KT 3868 9857
$$
BUTLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 33 min |
| Sep 14, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 40 min |
| Sep 14, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 46 min |
| Sep 14, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 37 min |
| Sep 14, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 45 min |
| Sep 14, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 40 min |
| Sep 14, 9:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 35 min |
| Sep 14, 9:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 35 min |
| Sep 14, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 44 min |
| Sep 14, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 27 min |
| Sep 14, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 30 min |
| Sep 15, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 33 min |
| Sep 15, 12:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 23 min |
| Sep 15, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Neosho | 36 min |
| Sep 15, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 24 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.