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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Wichita, KS

May 8, 2021Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 8:32 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 min. 2 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 8, 2021, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2021, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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
May 8, 8:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1	8 Nnw Ellsworth, KS	CALL MADE TO CHASER FROM SPOTTER NETWORK.
May 8, 9:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	9 W Westfall, KS	SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURE.

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 8, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 755 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

106 
WUUS53 KICT 090132
SVRICT
KSC053-105-090230-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0025.210509T0132Z-210509T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
832 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

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

* Until 930 PM CDT.

* At 832 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of
  Ellsworth, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Beverly and Westfall. 

This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 210 and 235.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3876 9838 3892 9842 3908 9793 3879 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 250DEG 38KT 3887 9829 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BUTLER

3 follow-up statements

634 
WWUS53 KICT 090152
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
852 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

KSC053-105-090230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210509T0230Z/
Lincoln KS-Ellsworth KS-
852 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...

At 851 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of
Lincoln, moving northeast at 30 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...
Beverly and Westfall. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3877 9822 3896 9828 3908 9793 3879 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 246DEG 26KT 3890 9817 

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

BUTLER

779 
WWUS53 KICT 090214
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
914 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

KSC053-090223-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210509T0230Z/
Ellsworth KS-
914 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN 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 1000 PM CDT for
central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3887 9805 3900 9808 3908 9793 3889 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 254DEG 28KT 3895 9795 

$$

KSC105-090230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210509T0230Z/
Lincoln KS-
914 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

At 913 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Beverly, or 12
miles southeast of Lincoln, moving east at 30 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...
Beverly and Westfall. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3887 9805 3900 9808 3908 9793 3889 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 254DEG 28KT 3895 9795 

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

BUTLER

629 
WWUS53 KICT 090224
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
924 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

KSC105-090233-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210509T0230Z/
Lincoln KS-
924 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 930 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.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
central Kansas.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
portions of southern Lincoln and northwest Saline Counties.

LAT...LON 3887 9805 3900 9808 3908 9793 3889 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 250DEG 38KT 3898 9784 

$$

BUTLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	30 min
May 8, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	26 min
May 8, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Russell	39 min
May 8, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	30 min
May 8, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	67 min
May 8, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	35 min
May 8, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	43 min
May 8, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	62 min
May 8, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	54 min
May 8, 10:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Saline	49 min
May 8, 10:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	4 hr
May 8, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	59 min
May 8, 11:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	27 min
May 8, 11:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	17 min
May 9, 12:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	26 min
May 9, 12:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	26 min
May 9, 12:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	36 min
May 9, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	39 min
May 9, 1:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	65 min
May 9, 2:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	52 min
May 9, 2:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson, Saline	32 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.