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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 3:24 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Russell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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 26, 3:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 S Gorham, KS | |
| May 26, 4:06 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Se Gorham, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
978
WUUS53 KICT 262024
SVRICT
KSC167-262100-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0043.210526T2024Z-210526T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
324 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Russell County in central Kansas...
* Until 400 PM CDT.
* At 324 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Russell to Milberger, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong 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...
Russell, Gorham, Milberger and Russell Airport.
This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 175 and 187.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for central
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3903 9904 3903 9881 3870 9881 3870 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 277DEG 14KT 3891 9893 3874 9891
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
HAYES1 follow-up statement
957 WWUS53 KICT 262047 SVSICT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 347 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021 KSC167-262100- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-210526T2100Z/ Russell KS- 347 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY... At 347 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 5 miles northwest of Russell to near Milberger, moving east at 10 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Russell, Gorham, Milberger and Russell Airport. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for central Kansas. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from windows. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3903 9904 3903 9881 3870 9881 3870 9904 TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 256DEG 9KT 3893 9894 3876 9892 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ HAYES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 24 min |
| May 25, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 25 min |
| May 25, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 29 min |
| May 26, 5:44 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 5 more | 3 hr |
| May 26, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 32 min |
| May 26, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 44 min |
| May 26, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 39 min |
| May 26, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 43 min |
| May 26, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 32 min |
| May 26, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Russell | 41 min |
| May 26, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 63 min |
| May 26, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 49 min |
| May 26, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 32 min |
| May 26, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Russell | 46 min |
| May 26, 4:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Russell | 26 hr |
| May 26, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 47 min |
| May 26, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 44 min |
| May 26, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 29 min |
| May 26, 5:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 17 hr |
| May 26, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 46 min |
| May 26, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth | 28 min |
| May 26, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 54 min |
| May 26, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 26 min |
| May 26, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 32 min |
| May 26, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 35 min |
| May 26, 6:59 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.