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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Wichita, KS

November 10, 2021Greenwood County, Woodson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2021, 4:18 PM CST for Greenwood County, Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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: Nov 10, 2021, 4:18 PM CST (22:18 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 2021, 5:00 PM CST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Greenwood County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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
Nov 10, 3:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

629 
WUUS53 KICT 102218
SVRICT
KSC073-207-102300-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0159.211110T2218Z-211110T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
418 PM CST Wed Nov 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Woodson County in southeastern Kansas...
  East central Greenwood County in southeastern Kansas...

* Until 500 PM CST.

* At 418 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southwest
  of Gridley, or 13 miles southeast of Madison, moving northeast at
  25 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Virgil.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3794 9563 3790 9602 3810 9601 3811 9596
      3804 9596 3804 9563
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 246DEG 21KT 3800 9597 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

DARMOFAL

1 follow-up statement

878 
WWUS53 KICT 102250
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
450 PM CST Wed Nov 10 2021

KSC073-207-102300-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-211110T2300Z/
Woodson KS-Greenwood KS-
450 PM CST Wed Nov 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WOODSON AND EAST
CENTRAL GREENWOOD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for
southeastern Kansas.

LAT...LON 3794 9563 3790 9602 3810 9601 3811 9596
      3804 9596 3804 9563
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 246DEG 21KT 3807 9577 

$$

DARMOFAL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 10, 9:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	42 min
Nov 10, 10:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	42 min
Nov 10, 10:55 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	50 min
Nov 10, 11:25 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	50 min
Nov 10, 12:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	26 min
Nov 10, 3:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	39 min
Nov 10, 4:04 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	26 min
Nov 10, 4:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	30 min
Nov 10, 5:13 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	32 min
Nov 10, 5:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	37 min

Nearby

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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.