Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2021, 4:42 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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 25, 2021, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lincoln County, KS, Saline County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 5:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Se Glendale, KS | SEMI-TRAILER BLOWN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE ON I-70 NEAR MILE MARKER 239. |
| May 25, 5:24 PM CDT | HAIL 0.7 | 3 S Glendale, KS | |
| May 25, 5:28 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Sse Glendale, KS | A LOT OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL FALLING. |
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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KICT 252142
SVRICT
KSC105-169-252230-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
442 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Lincoln County in central Kansas...
Northwestern Saline County in central Kansas...
* Until 530 PM CDT.
* At 442 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of
Beverly, or 12 miles southeast of Lincoln, moving east 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.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Lincoln and northwestern Saline Counties, including
the following locations... Westfall and Glendale.
This includes areas along and just north of Interstate 70 between
Mile Markers 229 and 245.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3899 9793 3896 9793 3896 9776 3886 9775
3886 9793 3887 9793 3887 9805 3899 9805
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 266DEG 13KT 3893 9797
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DARMOFAL3 follow-up statements
945
WWUS53 KICT 252158
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
458 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
KSC105-169-252230-
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Lincoln KS-Saline KS-
458 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTIES...
At 458 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
Beverly, or 14 miles southeast of Lincoln, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Glendale and Westfall.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3899 9793 3896 9793 3896 9776 3886 9775
3886 9793 3887 9793 3887 9805 3899 9805
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 273DEG 9KT 3891 9794
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DARMOFAL864
WWUS53 KICT 252208
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
508 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
KSC105-169-252230-
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Lincoln KS-Saline KS-
508 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTIES...
At 506 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
Tescott, or 16 miles southeast of Lincoln, moving east-southeast at
15 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.
Locations impacted include...
Glendale and Interstate 70 between mile markers 233 and 245.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3899 9793 3896 9793 3896 9776 3886 9775
3886 9793 3887 9793 3887 9802 3896 9800
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 276DEG 12KT 3890 9791
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DARMOFAL056
WWUS53 KICT 252212
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
512 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
KSC105-252222-
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Lincoln KS-
512 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3886 9775 3886 9793 3896 9793 3896 9776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 276DEG 12KT 3889 9789
$$
KSC169-252230-
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Saline KS-
512 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY...
At 512 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
Tescott, or 15 miles west of Salina, moving east-southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Glendale.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3886 9775 3886 9793 3896 9793 3896 9776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 276DEG 12KT 3889 9789
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
DARMOFALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 47 min |
| May 25, 1:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 35 min |
| May 25, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 22 min |
| May 25, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 30 min |
| May 25, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 46 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.