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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Wichita, KS

October 26, 2021Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 2021, 10:14 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 26, 2021, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
Expired: Oct 26, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 26, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 242 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: 870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 432 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 450 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

497 
WUUS53 KICT 270314
SVRICT
KSC095-155-270400-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0158.211027T0314Z-211027T0400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1014 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

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

* Until 1100 PM CDT.

* At 1013 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles
  southeast of Turon, or 10 miles northwest of Kingman, moving
  northeast at 65 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Hutchinson, Kingman, South Hutchinson, Buhler, Haven, Nickerson,
  Pretty Prairie, Arlington, Turon, Partridge, Sylvia, Plevna,
  Abbyville, Yoder, Waterloo, Willowbrook, Langdon, Penalosa, Mt
  Vernon and Kingman Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for south central
and central Kansas.

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

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for south central
and central Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3817 9822 3816 9822 3816 9815 3817 9814
      3817 9771 3774 9770 3773 9781 3771 9781
      3760 9824 3771 9841 3816 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 219DEG 55KT 3773 9827 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MCGUIRE

2 follow-up statements

888 
WWUS53 KICT 270342
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1042 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

KSC095-155-270400-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-211027T0400Z/
Reno KS-Kingman KS-
1042 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR RENO AND NORTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTIES...

At 1042 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hutchinson,
moving northeast at 65 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Hutchinson, Kingman, South Hutchinson, Buhler, Haven, Nickerson,
Pretty Prairie, Arlington, Partridge, Abbyville, Yoder, Waterloo,
Willowbrook, Mt Vernon, Kingman Airport, Hutchinson Airport, Cheney
State Park and Cheney Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for south central
and central Kansas.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3817 9822 3816 9822 3816 9815 3817 9814
      3817 9771 3774 9770 3773 9781 3771 9781
      3760 9824 3796 9820 3816 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 219DEG 55KT 3808 9791 

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

$$

MCGUIRE

459 
WWUS53 KICT 270350
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1050 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

KSC095-155-270400-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-211027T0400Z/
Reno KS-Kingman KS-
1050 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RENO AND NORTHEASTERN KINGMAN
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for south central
and central Kansas.

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

LAT...LON 3817 9822 3816 9822 3816 9815 3817 9814
      3817 9771 3774 9770 3773 9781 3771 9781
      3760 9824 3796 9820 3816 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0350Z 219DEG 55KT 3816 9783 

$$

MCGUIRE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 26, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Reno	46 min
Oct 26, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	27 min
Oct 27, 2:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	36 min
Oct 27, 3:34 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	42 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.