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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 10, 2021, 7:57 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
- Oct 10, 2021, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2021, 8:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
527
WUUS53 KICT 110057
SVRICT
KSC019-035-110200-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0151.211011T0057Z-211011T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
757 PM CDT Sun Oct 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Cowley County in south central Kansas...
Chautauqua County in southeastern Kansas...
* Until 900 PM CDT.
* At 757 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast
of Grainola, or 8 miles south of Cedar Vale, moving northeast at 30
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...
Sedan, Cedar Vale and Elgin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9627 3700 9669 3730 9647 3730 9598
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 218DEG 27KT 3699 9654
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
KETCHAM2 follow-up statements
554
WWUS53 KICT 110125
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
825 PM CDT Sun Oct 10 2021
KSC019-035-110200-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-211011T0200Z/
Cowley KS-Chautauqua KS-
825 PM CDT Sun Oct 10 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COWLEY AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...
At 825 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cedar Vale,
moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Sedan, Cedar Vale and Elgin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9627 3700 9669 3730 9647 3730 9598
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 215DEG 23KT 3713 9642
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
KETCHAM893
WWUS53 KICT 110144
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
844 PM CDT Sun Oct 10 2021
KSC019-035-110154-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-211011T0200Z/
Cowley KS-Chautauqua KS-
844 PM CDT Sun Oct 10 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COWLEY AND
CHAUTAUQUA 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 heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3700 9627 3700 9669 3730 9647 3730 9598
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 218DEG 27KT 3725 9631
$$
KETCHAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 46 min |
| Oct 10, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 37 min |
| Oct 10, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 59 min |
| Oct 10, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 52 min |
| Oct 10, 10:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 39 min |
| Oct 10, 11:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 57 min |
| Oct 11, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 65 min |
| Oct 11, 1:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood | 58 min |
| Oct 11, 3:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 28 min |
| Oct 11, 5:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 5 hr |
| Oct 11, 6:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 4 hr |
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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.