Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2021, 6:04 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 min. 1 report 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 16, 2021, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2021, 6:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Barton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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 16, 6:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Hoisington, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
053
WUUS53 KICT 162304
SVRICT
KSC009-170000-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0038.210516T2304Z-210517T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
604 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Barton County in central Kansas...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 603 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hoisington,
moving southwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Great Bend and Albert.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3859 9879 3848 9861 3830 9878 3840 9903
3845 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 041DEG 15KT 3850 9878
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BUTLER2 follow-up statements
339
WWUS53 KICT 162318
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
618 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
KSC009-170000-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210517T0000Z/
Barton KS-
618 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY...
At 618 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hoisington,
moving southwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Great Bend and Great Bend Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3850 9886 3845 9871 3837 9871 3830 9878
3839 9900 3843 9899
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 040DEG 15KT 3845 9883
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BUTLER433
WWUS53 KICT 162322
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
622 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
KSC009-162332-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210517T0000Z/
Barton KS-
622 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BARTON 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, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3850 9886 3845 9871 3837 9871 3830 9878
3839 9900 3843 9899
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 041DEG 15KT 3844 9885
$$
BUTLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 60 min |
| May 15, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 57 min |
| May 15, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 55 min |
| May 15, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 58 min |
| May 15, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 57 min |
| May 15, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 66 min |
| May 15, 11:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Woodson | 63 min |
| May 15, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 55 min |
| May 15, 11:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 55 min |
| May 16, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 63 min |
| May 16, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 61 min |
| May 16, 12:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 28 min |
| May 16, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion | 22 min |
| May 16, 1:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline | 9 hr |
| May 16, 2:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Saline | 8 hr |
| May 16, 2:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Saline | 5 hr |
| May 16, 7:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Russell | 54 hr |
| May 16, 8:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 3 days |
| May 16, 9:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Russell | 8 hr |
| May 16, 10:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Saline | 27 hr |
| May 16, 10:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Saline | 27 hr |
| May 16, 1:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 61 min |
| May 16, 1:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson | 24 hr |
| May 16, 2:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 51 min |
| May 16, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 45 min |
| May 16, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 54 min |
| May 16, 3:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 22 hr |
| May 16, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 36 min |
| May 16, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 27 min |
| May 16, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 28 min |
| May 16, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 63 min |
| May 16, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.