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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Wichita, KS

May 26, 2021Barton County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 2:46 PM CDT for Barton County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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 26, 2021, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2021, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Barton County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 26, 3:09 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD7 Ene Susank, KSSTORM SPOTTER REPORTED A WELL DEFINED WALL CLOUD
May 26, 3:09 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD7 Ene Susank, KSSTORM SPOTTER REPORTED A WELL DEFINED WALL CLOUD.

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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2211 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

373 
WUUS53 KICT 261946
SVRICT
KSC009-167-262030-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0041.210526T1946Z-210526T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
246 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Russell County in central Kansas...
  Northeastern Barton County in central Kansas...

* Until 330 PM CDT.

* At 246 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northeast
  of Hoisington, moving north at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

* Locations impacted include...
  Claflin, Dorrance, Bunker Hill, Susank and Odin. 

This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 188 and 204.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3848 9848 3855 9883 3889 9881 3889 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 196DEG 26KT 3862 9867 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

HAYES
1 follow-up statement
862 
WWUS53 KICT 262025
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
325 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

KSC009-167-262035-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-210526T2030Z/
Russell KS-Barton KS-
325 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSSELL AND
NORTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for central
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3848 9848 3855 9883 3889 9881 3889 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 196DEG 26KT 3888 9857 

$$

SMITH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline24 min
May 25, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson25 min
May 25, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson29 min
May 26, 5:44 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryICTAllen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 5 more3 hr
May 26, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton32 min
May 26, 2:51 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Russell39 min
May 26, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell43 min
May 26, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell36 min
May 26, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell32 min
May 26, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Russell41 min
May 26, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell63 min
May 26, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Russell49 min
May 26, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth32 min
May 26, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Russell46 min
May 26, 4:52 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTRussell26 hr
May 26, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Russell47 min
May 26, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth44 min
May 26, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell29 min
May 26, 5:35 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTEllsworth17 hr
May 26, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln46 min
May 26, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth28 min
May 26, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline54 min
May 26, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, Rice26 min
May 26, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth32 min
May 26, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, Rice35 min
May 26, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline46 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.