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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Wichita, KS

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

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 10:06 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. 4 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, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 54 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 Topeka radar (KTWX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	5 Sw Glendale, KS	CORRECTION TO TIME FOR DELAYED REPORT.
May 8, 10:42 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 Ne Smolan, KS	STORM CHASER SAW A BEEFY ROTATING WALL CLOUD WITH A FUNNEL CLOUD SOUTHWEST OF SALINA.
May 8, 10:44 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	2 S Salina, KS	QUARTER TO HALF-DOLLAR SIZE HAIL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SALINA.
May 8, 10:56 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 Ene Salina, KS	REPORT VIA MPING.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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

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The text

As transmitted.

947 
WUUS53 KICT 090306
SVRICT
KSC053-105-169-090400-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0028.210509T0306Z-210509T0400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1006 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Lincoln County in central Kansas...
  Northeastern Ellsworth County in central Kansas...
  Saline County in central Kansas...

* Until 1100 PM CDT.

* At 1006 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northwest
  of Brookville, or 14 miles northeast of Kanopolis, moving east at
  30 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...
  Salina, Gypsum, Brookville, Smolan, New Cambria, Glendale, Salina
  Airport, Kipp and Westfall.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 83 and 95.
 Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 232 and 266.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9793 3896 9737 3892 9738 3891 9737
      3868 9737 3871 9798 3882 9802 3898 9799
      3899 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 263DEG 25KT 3884 9794 

HAIL...1.75IN
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, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	62 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.