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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Wichita, KS

May 8, 2021Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 9:13 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min. 3 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, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2021, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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, 9:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	9 W Westfall, KS	SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURE.
May 8, 9:42 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	8 Nne Ellsworth, KS	NICKEL TO PING PONG SIZED ESTIMATED ON I-70.
May 8, 10:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	5 Sw Glendale, KS	CORRECTION TO TIME FOR DELAYED REPORT.

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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

174 
WUUS53 KICT 090213
SVRICT
KSC053-105-169-090315-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0027.210509T0213Z-210509T0315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

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

* Until 1015 PM CDT.

* At 913 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
  Lincoln, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Ellsworth, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Beverly, Glendale, Westfall and
  Ellsworth Airport.

This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 208 and 241.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9793 3896 9782 3879 9782 3872 9845
      3906 9840 3917 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 252DEG 29KT 3892 9820 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BUTLER

2 follow-up statements

982 
WWUS53 KICT 090236
SVSICT

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

KSC053-105-169-090315-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-210509T0315Z/
Lincoln KS-Ellsworth KS-Saline KS-
936 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN...NORTHERN ELLSWORTH AND NORTHWESTERN SALINE
COUNTIES...

At 934 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northeast 
of Ellsworth, moving east at 25 mph. At 9:25 PM CDT lots of ping 
pong ball size hail was reported with this storm 9 miles south of 
Lincoln.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Ellsworth, Lincoln, Beverly, Glendale, Westfall and Ellsworth
Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9793 3896 9782 3879 9782 3872 9845
      3912 9814 3917 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 261DEG 21KT 3888 9815 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BUTLER

676 
WWUS53 KICT 090248
SVSICT

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

KSC053-105-169-090315-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-210509T0315Z/
Lincoln KS-Ellsworth KS-Saline KS-
948 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN...NORTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH AND NORTHWESTERN
SALINE COUNTIES...

At 946 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles north of 
Kanopolis, moving east at 30 mph. At 9:42 storm spotters reported 
1.5 inch hail along I-70 north of Ellsworth.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Lincoln, Beverly, Glendale and Westfall. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9793 3896 9782 3879 9782 3875 9821
      3906 9818 3912 9814 3917 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 257DEG 27KT 3885 9809 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	58 min
May 8, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	43 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.