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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Wichita, KS

May 26, 2021Barton County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 3:57 PM CDT for Barton County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 min. 9 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, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Barton County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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, 4:04 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	3 Se Russell, KS	60 TO 70 MPH WINDS
May 26, 4:04 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	3 Se Russell, KS	60 TO 70 MPH WINDS.
May 26, 4:06 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	2 Se Gorham, KS
May 26, 4:24 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	5 Sw Russell, KS	60 MPH WINDS WERE ALSO REPORTED ALONG WITH AN UPROOTED TREE.
May 26, 4:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Russell, KS	40 FOOT TALL, 3FT WIDE ELM TREE BLOWN OVER. DELAYED REPORT. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
May 26, 4:28 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	3 S Russell, KS	DIME SIZED HAIL ALSO REPORTED ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.
May 26, 4:35 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	Russell, KS	DELAYED REPORT.
May 26, 4:39 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Russell, KS
May 26, 4:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Russell, KS	VIA SOCIAL MEDIA PIC.

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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

758 
WUUS53 KICT 262057
SVRICT
KSC009-167-262200-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0045.210526T2057Z-210526T2200Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Russell County in central Kansas...
  Northwestern Barton County in central Kansas...

* Until 500 PM CDT.

* At 357 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Walker,
  moving east 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Gorham around 405 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Milberger and Russell.

This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 175 and 197.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3899 9904 3900 9861 3889 9860 3864 9865
      3864 9903 3870 9903 3870 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 265DEG 11KT 3881 9904 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

DARMOFAL

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, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	36 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, 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.