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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Wichita, KS

May 8, 2021Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 8:38 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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
May 8, 2021, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2021, 9:21 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 377 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
377 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.0

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The text

As transmitted.

183 
WUUS53 KICT 090138
SVRICT
KSC169-090245-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0026.210509T0138Z-210509T0245Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Saline County in central Kansas...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 838 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles southeast of Culver to near Smolan, moving
  east at 35 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Salina, Assaria, Gypsum, Smolan, New Cambria, Salina Airport and
  Kipp.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 80 and 95.
 Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 248 and 266.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9738 3893 9737 3893 9738 3892 9738
      3891 9737 3862 9737 3865 9773 3896 9769
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 280DEG 31KT 3892 9766 3875 9772 

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

BUTLER
2 follow-up statements
722 
WWUS53 KICT 090209
SVSICT

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

KSC169-090245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210509T0245Z/
Saline KS-
909 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN SALINE COUNTY...

At 908 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles north of
Gypsum, or 12 miles east of Salina, moving east at 40 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Salina, Gypsum, New Cambria and Kipp. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9738 3893 9737 3893 9738 3892 9738
      3891 9737 3862 9737 3867 9756 3896 9759
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 265DEG 34KT 3879 9739 

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

BUTLER
862 
WWUS53 KICT 090221
SVSICT

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

KSC169-090228-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210509T0245Z/
Saline KS-
921 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SALINE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

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

LAT...LON 3896 9738 3893 9737 3893 9738 3892 9738
      3891 9737 3862 9737 3867 9756 3896 9759
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 280DEG 31KT 3877 9727 

$$

BUTLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth30 min
May 8, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell26 min
May 8, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Russell39 min
May 8, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell30 min
May 8, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Saline67 min
May 8, 8:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln35 min
May 8, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln58 min
May 8, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Saline62 min
May 8, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Saline54 min
May 8, 10:11 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, Saline49 min
May 8, 10:47 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSaline4 hr
May 8, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Saline59 min
May 8, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline27 min
May 8, 11:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline17 min
May 9, 12:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline26 min
May 9, 12:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton26 min
May 9, 12:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion36 min
May 9, 12:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion39 min
May 9, 1:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase65 min
May 9, 2:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood52 min
May 9, 2:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson, Saline32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.