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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Wichita, KS

October 13, 2021Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 13, 2021, 4:01 AM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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 13, 2021, 4:01 AM CDT (09:01 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2021, 4:53 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Cowley County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 12, 9:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 220 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: 2220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

902 
WUUS53 KICT 130901
SVRICT
KSC035-131015-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0157.211013T0901Z-211013T1015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
401 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Cowley County in south central Kansas...

* Until 515 AM CDT.

* At 400 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Douglass to Oxford to 5 miles southeast of
  South Haven, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Arkansas City, Winfield, Udall, Burden, Dexter, Atlanta, Geuda
  Springs, Rock, Cambridge, Maple City, Winfield City Lake and
  Strother Field Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for south central
Kansas.

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3747 9715 3748 9653 3700 9653 3700 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0900Z 269DEG 33KT 3755 9703 3728 9716 3701 9730 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Martin

1 follow-up statement

687 
WWUS53 KICT 130953
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
453 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

KSC035-131003-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0157.000000T0000Z-211013T1015Z/
Cowley KS-
453 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COWLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for south central
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3747 9715 3748 9653 3700 9653 3700 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0952Z 269DEG 33KT 3756 9643 3729 9656 3702 9670 

$$

Martin

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 12, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Barton, Russell	70 min
Oct 13, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	69 min
Oct 13, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Reno, Rice	60 min
Oct 13, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson, Saline	81 min
Oct 13, 1:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Kingman	54 min
Oct 13, 2:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	60 min
Oct 13, 2:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick, Sumner	80 min
Oct 13, 3:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	76 min
Oct 13, 3:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	67 min
Oct 13, 4:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	57 min
Oct 13, 4:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	70 min
Oct 13, 4:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	36 min
Oct 13, 5:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	31 min
Oct 13, 5:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson and 1 more	61 min
Oct 13, 7:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.