Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2021, 5:14 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Saline County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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 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, 10.2 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.
- 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.
957
WUUS53 KICT 252214
SVRICT
KSC169-252300-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0040.210525T2214Z-210525T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
514 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Saline County in central Kansas...
* Until 600 PM CDT.
* At 514 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
Brookville, or 13 miles west of Salina, moving east-southeast at
20 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...
Salina.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 87 and 95.
Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 236 and 253.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3896 9759 3875 9759 3877 9793 3896 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 284DEG 15KT 3888 9785
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
DARMOFAL2 follow-up statements
798
WWUS53 KICT 252230
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
530 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
KSC169-252300-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210525T2300Z/
Saline KS-
530 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY...
At 529 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast
of Brookville, or 8 miles west of Salina, moving east-southeast at
20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Salina, Brookville and Salina Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3896 9759 3875 9759 3877 9793 3890 9785
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 289DEG 17KT 3883 9777
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DARMOFAL049
WWUS53 KICT 252251
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
551 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
KSC169-252300-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210525T2300Z/
Saline KS-
551 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT...
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 will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3896 9759 3875 9759 3877 9793 3890 9785
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 284DEG 15KT 3881 9766
$$
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, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Saline | 48 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.