Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2021, 8:36 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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 14, 2021, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2021, 9:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Russell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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.
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 14, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted.
813
WUUS53 KICT 150136
SVRICT
KSC167-150230-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0030.210515T0136Z-210515T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
836 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Russell County in central Kansas...
* Until 930 PM CDT.
* At 836 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of
Luray, or 12 miles north of Russell, moving east at 35 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.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Luray around 850 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Lucas.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 9895 3913 9849 3906 9848 3904 9849
3898 9891 3911 9900
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 249DEG 32KT 3907 9886
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BUTLER2 follow-up statements
288
WWUS53 KICT 150152
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
852 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021
KSC167-150230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-210515T0230Z/
Russell KS-
852 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY...
At 852 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Luray, or 17
miles northeast of Russell, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Lucas.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3901 9872 3913 9883 3913 9849 3906 9848
3904 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 248DEG 32KT 3911 9869
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BUTLER293
WWUS53 KICT 150204
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
904 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021
KSC167-150214-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-210515T0230Z/
Russell KS-
904 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
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 has been cancelled. However small hail and
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3901 9872 3913 9883 3913 9849 3906 9848
3904 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 249DEG 32KT 3915 9855
$$
BUTLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 24 min |
| May 14, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 28 min |
| May 14, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 53 min |
| May 14, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 27 min |
| May 14, 11:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 48 min |
| May 15, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 61 min |
| May 15, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 34 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.