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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 10:01 PM CDT for Barton County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. 5 reports 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
- May 2, 2021, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barton County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 10:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Russell, KS | WIDESPREAD LARGE TREE LIMBS 4 TO 5 INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN EAST RUSSELL. |
| May 2, 10:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 W Russell, KS | |
| May 2, 10:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 83 | Russell Airport, KS | |
| May 2, 10:37 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 85 | Russell Airport, KS | |
| May 2, 10:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Russell, KS | SEVERAL TREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWNED AS WELL AS POWER OUTAGES. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 12.1
The text
As transmitted.
503 WUUS53 KICT 030301 SVRICT KSC009-167-030400- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0021.210503T0301Z-210503T0400Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Wichita KS 1001 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Russell County in central Kansas... Barton County in central Kansas... * Until 1100 PM CDT. * At 1000 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Emmeram to Hargrave to 8 miles southeast of Ness City, moving southeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Great Bend, Russell, Hoisington, Ellinwood, Wilson, Claflin, Lucas, Gorham, Pawnee Rock, Luray, Dorrance, Albert, Olmitz, Milberger, Bunker Hill, Paradise, Galatia, Susank, Waldo and Great Bend Airport. This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 176 and 205. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3913 9904 3913 9848 3826 9848 3826 9903 TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 295DEG 39KT 3902 9914 3856 9943 3835 9983 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ KLEINSASSER
2 follow-up statements
550 WWUS53 KICT 030331 SVSICT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 1031 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021 KSC009-167-030400- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210503T0400Z/ Russell KS-Barton KS- 1031 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES... At 1031 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles southeast of Natoma, to 5 miles southeast of Russell, to near Olmitz, to near Ash Valley, moving southeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Great Bend, Russell, Hoisington, Ellinwood, Wilson, Claflin, Lucas, Gorham, Pawnee Rock, Luray, Dorrance, Albert, Olmitz, Milberger, Bunker Hill, Paradise, Galatia, Susank, Waldo and Great Bend Airport. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3913 9904 3913 9848 3826 9848 3826 9903 TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 282DEG 38KT 3911 9890 3882 9881 3852 9900 3833 9926 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ KLEINSASSER
799
WWUS53 KICT 030343
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1043 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC009-167-030400-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210503T0400Z/
Russell KS-Barton KS-
1043 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES...
At 1043 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 5 miles southwest of Luray to 6 miles southwest of
Dorrance to 5 miles southeast of Olmitz to 5 miles east of Ash
Valley, moving east to southeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Great Bend, Russell, Hoisington, Ellinwood, Wilson, Claflin, Lucas,
Gorham, Pawnee Rock, Luray, Dorrance, Albert, Olmitz, Milberger,
Bunker Hill, Paradise, Galatia, Susank, Waldo and Great Bend Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 9904 3913 9848 3826 9848 3826 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 295DEG 39KT 3906 9876 3877 9867 3847 9886 3828
9912
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
KLEINSASSERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell | 61 min |
| May 2, 11:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 25 min |
| May 3, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper, Kingman, McPherson, Reno, Rice | 30 min |
| May 3, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper, Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Marion, Reno and 1 more | 34 min |
| May 3, 1:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick, Sumner | 28 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.