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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 6:06 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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 26, 2021, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Saline County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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, 6:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 57 | Salina, KS | |
| May 26, 6:56 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Sw Salina, KS | |
| May 26, 7:02 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Salina, KS | POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CITY OF SALINA. |
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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
967
WUUS53 KICT 262306
SVRICT
KSC169-270000-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0051.210526T2306Z-210527T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
606 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Saline County in central Kansas...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 606 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast
of Kanopolis, moving east at 30 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.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Brookville around 625 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Salina and Smolan.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 77 and 95.
Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 236 and 258.
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3896 9752 3861 9752 3861 9793 3896 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 255DEG 25KT 3875 9802
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DARMOFAL1 follow-up statement
479 WWUS53 KICT 262335 SVSICT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 635 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021 KSC169-270000- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-210527T0000Z/ Saline KS- 635 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SALINE COUNTY... At 634 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Brookville, or 8 miles west of Salina, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Salina and Smolan. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for central Kansas. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3896 9752 3861 9752 3861 9793 3896 9793 TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 258DEG 24KT 3879 9778 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$ 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, 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, 6:19 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.