Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Wichita, KS
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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
$$
BUTLER2 follow-up statements
722
WWUS53 KICT 090209
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
909 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
KSC169-090245-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210509T0245Z/
Saline KS-
909 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN SALINE COUNTY...
At 908 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles north of
Gypsum, or 12 miles east of Salina, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Salina, Gypsum, New Cambria and Kipp.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3896 9738 3893 9737 3893 9738 3892 9738
3891 9737 3862 9737 3867 9756 3896 9759
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 265DEG 34KT 3879 9739
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BUTLER862
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
$$
BUTLERThe 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, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.