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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Wichita, KS

September 14, 2021Barton County, Ellsworth County, Russell County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1275 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

524 
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

$$

BUTLER
1 follow-up statement
323 
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 

$$

BUTLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton33 min
Sep 14, 7:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey40 min
Sep 14, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton46 min
Sep 14, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman37 min
Sep 14, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick45 min
Sep 14, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Rice40 min
Sep 14, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth35 min
Sep 14, 9:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice35 min
Sep 14, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson44 min
Sep 14, 11:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson27 min
Sep 14, 11:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen, Woodson30 min
Sep 15, 12:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen, Neosho33 min
Sep 15, 12:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion23 min
Sep 15, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho36 min
Sep 15, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner24 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.