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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Wichita, KS

April 6, 2021Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2021, 10:54 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2021, 10:54 PM CDT (03:54 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 6, 11:33 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Lyons, KS	HAIL OCCURRING AT THE DISPATCH CENTER. SIZE ESTIMATED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 6, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 6, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

954 
WUUS53 KICT 070354
SVRICT
KSC053-159-070500-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0016.210407T0354Z-210407T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1054 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Rice County in central Kansas...
  Southern Ellsworth County in central Kansas...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 1054 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast
  of Ellinwood, moving east at 35 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters have reported one inch hail in 
           Ellinwood.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Lyons, Little River, Chase, Holyrood, Bushton, Geneseo, Lorraine,
  Raymond, Frederick, Kanopolis Lake, Kanopolis State Park and
  Silica.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3864 9848 3866 9793 3827 9793 3826 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 250DEG 29KT 3840 9847 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

METZGER

1 follow-up statement

637 
WWUS53 KICT 070427
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1127 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

KSC053-070437-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210407T0500Z/
Ellsworth KS-
1127 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
central Kansas. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also remains in effect
until 200 AM CDT for central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3852 9831 3852 9793 3827 9793 3826 9848
      3842 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 250DEG 29KT 3849 9815 

$$

KSC159-070500-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210407T0500Z/
Rice KS-
1127 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR RICE COUNTY...

At 1127 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Geneseo, or 10
miles north of Lyons, moving east at 35 mph.

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

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Lyons, Little River, Chase, Geneseo, Raymond, Frederick and Silica. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3852 9831 3852 9793 3827 9793 3826 9848
      3842 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 250DEG 29KT 3849 9815 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

METZGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	54 min
Apr 6, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	36 min
Apr 6, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	31 min
Apr 6, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	54 min
Apr 6, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	45 min
Apr 6, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	32 min
Apr 6, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	57 min
Apr 6, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln	62 min
Apr 6, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	55 min
Apr 6, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	49 min
Apr 6, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth, Saline	35 min
Apr 6, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	59 min
Apr 6, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	40 min
Apr 6, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	25 min
Apr 6, 11:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Kingman	61 min
Apr 7, 12:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Saline	67 min
Apr 7, 12:52 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Reno, Rice, Russell	17 hr
Apr 7, 12:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	64 min
Apr 7, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson, Marion	45 min
Apr 7, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	23 min
Apr 7, 1:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.