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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Wichita, KS

March 12, 2021Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2021, 6:07 AM CST for Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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: Mar 12, 2021, 6:07 AM CST (12:07 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2021, 6:49 AM CST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Mar 12, 6:25 AM CST	TSTM WND GST 60	2 Se Downtown Wichita, KS	PENNY SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AS WELL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1908 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 236 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

431 
WUUS53 KICT 121207
SVRICT
KSC015-173-121300-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0006.210312T1207Z-210312T1300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
607 AM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Sedgwick County in south central Kansas...
  Southwestern Butler County in south central Kansas...

* Until 700 AM CST.

* At 606 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Colwich,
  moving east at 50 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Wichita, Derby, El Dorado, Andover, Augusta, Park City, Valley
  Center, Bel Aire, Rose Hill, Maize, Sedgwick, Towanda, Benton,
  Downtown Wichita, Kechi, Eastborough, West Wichita, Eisenhower
  National Airport, Northeast Wichita and East Wichita.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 0 and 22.
 Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 41 and 72.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3759 9748 3791 9748 3791 9688 3756 9688
TIME...MOT...LOC 1206Z 274DEG 44KT 3776 9756 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KETCHAM

2 follow-up statements

315 
WWUS53 KICT 121241
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
641 AM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

KSC015-173-121300-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210312T1300Z/
Sedgwick KS-Butler KS-
641 AM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN SEDGWICK AND SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTIES...

At 641 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Augusta, moving
east at 50 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Wichita, El Dorado, Andover, Augusta, Park City, Valley Center, Bel
Aire, Rose Hill, Towanda, Benton, Kechi, Eastborough, East Wichita,
Northeast Wichita, Mcconnell Air Force Base, Santa Fe Lake, Augusta
Municipal Airport and Jabara Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3776 9740 3791 9740 3791 9688 3756 9688
      3758 9725
TIME...MOT...LOC 1241Z 274DEG 44KT 3773 9701 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KETCHAM

048 
WWUS53 KICT 121249
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
649 AM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

KSC015-173-121258-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210312T1300Z/
Sedgwick KS-Butler KS-
649 AM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SEDGWICK AND
SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.  However small hail and
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3776 9740 3791 9740 3791 9688 3756 9688
      3758 9725
TIME...MOT...LOC 1247Z 274DEG 44KT 3772 9689 

$$

KETCHAM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 4:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	63 min
Mar 12, 5:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	45 min
Mar 12, 5:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	55 min
Mar 12, 5:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	57 min
Mar 12, 6:50 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	55 min
Mar 12, 7:10 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	50 min
Mar 12, 7:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	46 min
Mar 12, 8:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	28 min
Mar 12, 9:40 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	65 min
Mar 12, 10:12 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	48 min
Mar 12, 10:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	44 min
Mar 12, 10:43 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	47 min
Mar 12, 10:49 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	41 min
Mar 12, 11:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	49 min
Mar 12, 11:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	54 min
Mar 12, 12:08 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Woodson	48 hr
Mar 12, 12:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	51 min
Mar 12, 12:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	50 min
Mar 12, 3:04 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	45 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.