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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS

March 12, 2021Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2021, 4:57 AM CST for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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
Mar 12, 2021, 4:57 AM CST (10:57 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2021, 6:00 AM CST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:00 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 12, 5:20 AM CSTTSTM WND DMG3 Nne Penalosa, KSDELAYED REPORT OF TWO FULL GROWN CHINESE ELMS BLOWN OVER IN HER YARD. HER NEIGHBOR HAD A POWER POLE THAT FELL OVER. TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 155 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
88 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
332 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

726 
WUUS53 KICT 121057
SVRICT
KSC095-155-121200-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0004.210312T1057Z-210312T1200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
457 AM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Reno County in south central Kansas...
  Northwestern Kingman County in south central Kansas...

* Until 600 AM CST.

* At 457 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Neola, moving
  northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Hutchinson, South Hutchinson, Buhler, Arlington, Cunningham, Turon,
  Partridge, Sylvia, Plevna, Abbyville, Yoder, Willowbrook, Langdon,
  Penalosa and Hutchinson Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3761 9846 3802 9847 3817 9799 3817 9775
      3796 9775
TIME...MOT...LOC 1057Z 239DEG 49KT 3783 9853 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KETCHAM
3 follow-up statements
591 
WWUS53 KICT 121124
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
524 AM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

KSC095-121133-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210312T1200Z/
Kingman KS-
524 AM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KINGMAN 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 3804 9841 3817 9799 3817 9775 3796 9775
      3773 9823 3777 9843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1123Z 239DEG 49KT 3802 9813 

$$

KSC155-121200-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210312T1200Z/
Reno KS-
524 AM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST
FOR RENO COUNTY...

At 523 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Partridge, or 9
miles south of Nickerson, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Hutchinson, South Hutchinson, Buhler, Nickerson, Arlington, Turon,
Partridge, Sylvia, Plevna, Abbyville, Yoder, Willowbrook, Langdon and
Hutchinson Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3804 9841 3817 9799 3817 9775 3796 9775
      3773 9823 3777 9843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1123Z 239DEG 49KT 3802 9813 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KETCHAM
311 
WWUS53 KICT 121146
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
546 AM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

KSC155-121200-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210312T1200Z/
Reno KS-
546 AM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST
FOR EASTERN RENO COUNTY...

At 546 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Buhler, moving
northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Hutchinson, South Hutchinson, Buhler, Partridge, Yoder, Willowbrook
and Hutchinson Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3813 9811 3817 9799 3817 9775 3796 9775
      3778 9813
TIME...MOT...LOC 1146Z 239DEG 49KT 3818 9779 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KETCHAM
711 
WWUS53 KICT 121152
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
552 AM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

KSC155-121202-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210312T1200Z/
Reno KS-
552 AM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN RENO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 600 AM CST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3813 9811 3817 9799 3817 9775 3796 9775
      3778 9813
TIME...MOT...LOC 1152Z 239DEG 49KT 3821 9772 

$$

KETCHAM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 5:00 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice45 min
Mar 12, 5:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick55 min
Mar 12, 5:48 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley57 min
Mar 12, 6:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick42 min
Mar 12, 6:50 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler55 min
Mar 12, 7:10 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk50 min
Mar 12, 7:14 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood46 min
Mar 12, 8:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper28 min
Mar 12, 9:40 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper65 min
Mar 12, 10:12 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk48 min
Mar 12, 10:31 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick44 min
Mar 12, 10:43 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner47 min
Mar 12, 10:49 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler41 min
Mar 12, 11:11 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler49 min
Mar 12, 11:51 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk54 min
Mar 12, 12:08 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningICTAllen, Woodson48 hr
Mar 12, 12:39 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementICTWilson51 min
Mar 12, 12:55 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho50 min
Mar 12, 3:04 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningICTNeosho45 hr

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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.