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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Wichita, KS

May 26, 2021Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 6:59 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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, 7:02 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ese Salina, KS	POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CITY OF SALINA.
May 26, 7:33 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Salina, KS	A TREE THAT WAS BLOWN DOWN TOOK OUT POWER IN THE NORTH PART OF TOWN.

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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

437 
WUUS53 KICT 262359
SVRICT
KSC169-270045-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0053.210526T2359Z-210527T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
659 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 745 PM CDT.

* At 659 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Brookville,
  or 10 miles southwest of Salina, moving northeast at 20 mph. 
  Another severe storm was over Salina.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Salina and Smolan around 715 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include New
Cambria.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 84 and 95.
 Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 237 and 266.

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 9737 3893 9737 3893 9738 3891 9737
      3872 9737 3868 9793 3883 9793 3896 9787
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 243DEG 17KT 3875 9781 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DARMOFAL

2 follow-up statements

653 
WWUS53 KICT 270029
SVSICT

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

KSC169-270045-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-210527T0045Z/
Saline KS-
729 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SALINE COUNTY...

At 728 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Salina, moving
northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
  New Cambria.

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 9737 3893 9737 3893 9738 3891 9737
      3872 9737 3868 9793 3883 9793 3896 9787
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 243DEG 17KT 3881 9765 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DARMOFAL

910 
WWUS53 KICT 270041
SVSICT

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

KSC169-270051-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-210527T0045Z/
Saline KS-
741 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SALINE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
745 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.

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

LAT...LON 3896 9737 3893 9737 3893 9738 3891 9737
      3872 9737 3868 9793 3883 9793 3896 9787
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 243DEG 17KT 3883 9759 

$$

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, 6:06 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

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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.