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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Wichita, KS

May 26, 2021McPherson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 8:28 PM CDT for McPherson County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County McPherson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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, 8:43 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Mcpherson, KS
May 26, 8:47 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	1 Nne Mcpherson, KS	QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AT MCPHERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
May 26, 8:50 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	Mcpherson, KS	DELAYED REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
May 26, 9:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	3 W Galva, 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 328 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

915 
WUUS53 KICT 270128
SVRICT
KSC113-270215-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0056.210527T0128Z-210527T0215Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern McPherson County in central Kansas...

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 827 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located just west of 
  Mcpherson, moving east at 20 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...
  Mcpherson around 840 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Galva
and Canton.

This includes Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 53 and 73.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 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 3827 9737 3827 9771 3855 9771 3856 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 274DEG 18KT 3839 9773 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DARMOFAL

2 follow-up statements

342 
WWUS53 KICT 270150
SVSICT

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

KSC113-270215-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210527T0215Z/
McPherson KS-
850 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY...

At 849 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mcpherson, 
moving east at 15 mph. This storm produced golf ball size hail in 
McPherson at 843 pm. 

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
  Galva and Canton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 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 3827 9737 3827 9771 3855 9771 3856 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 275DEG 13KT 3836 9764 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DARMOFAL

366 
WWUS53 KICT 270200
SVSICT

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

KSC113-270215-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210527T0215Z/
McPherson KS-
900 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY...

At 859 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located just east of 
McPherson, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Mcpherson, Galva, Canton, Mcpherson Airport and Roxbury. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 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 3827 9737 3827 9771 3855 9771 3856 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 274DEG 17KT 3835 9759 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DARMOFAL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice	45 min
May 26, 7:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	4 hr
May 26, 7:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Rice	4 days
May 26, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Rice	47 min
May 26, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson	33 min
May 26, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno	45 min
May 26, 9:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	15 hr
May 26, 10:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Russell	5 hr
May 26, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	30 min
May 26, 10:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	McPherson	5 hr
May 26, 10:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	37 hr
May 26, 10:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	25 min
May 26, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	44 min
May 26, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Marion	50 min
May 26, 11:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Marion	12 hr
May 26, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	25 min
May 26, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	36 min
May 26, 11:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	61 min
May 27, 12:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	42 min
May 27, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	46 min
May 27, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sumner	57 min
May 27, 12:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Marion	25 min
May 27, 12:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	15 min
May 27, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	62 min
May 27, 1:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	29 min
May 27, 1:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson	35 min
May 27, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood	62 min
May 27, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	22 min
May 27, 2:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Chautauqua, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	57 min
May 27, 2:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	26 min
May 27, 3:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	23 min
May 27, 3:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Neosho	30 min
May 27, 9:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	37 hr
May 27, 9:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	71 hr
May 27, 9:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cherokee, Labette	4 days
May 27, 9:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	35 hr
May 27, 10:20 AM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 5 more	7 hr
May 27, 12:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	28 min
May 27, 12:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	36 min
May 27, 12:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery	29 min
May 27, 12:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	31 min
May 27, 1:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	26 min
May 27, 2:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	4 hr
May 27, 2:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	18 hr
May 27, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	24 min
May 27, 4:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	4 hr

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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.