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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Wichita, KS

May 27, 2021Marion County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2021, 12:15 AM CDT for Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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
May 27, 2021, 12:15 AM CDT (05:15 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2021, 1:01 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Marion County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 12:20 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG6 Wnw Lost Springs, KSDELAYED REPORT: TREES ACROSS ROADS AND WIND DAMAGE TO HOMES.

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 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 328 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

As transmitted.

226 
WUUS53 KICT 270515
SVRICT
KSC115-270615-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0063.210527T0515Z-210527T0615Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1215 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Marion County in central Kansas...

* Until 115 AM CDT.

* At 1215 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ramona, or
  10 miles southwest of Herington, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter 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...
  Ramona around 1220 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3852 9693 3852 9682 3846 9682 3830 9695
      3841 9728 3861 9720 3861 9693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 213DEG 25KT 3854 9704 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

METZGER
1 follow-up statement
637 
WWUS53 KICT 270601
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
101 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021

KSC115-270611-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210527T0615Z/
Marion KS-
101 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MARION COUNTY 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.

LAT...LON 3852 9693 3852 9682 3846 9682 3830 9695
      3841 9728 3861 9720 3861 9693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0559Z 213DEG 25KT 3882 9681 

$$

METZGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice45 min
May 26, 7:19 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSaline4 hr
May 26, 7:40 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTRice4 days
May 26, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Rice47 min
May 26, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson47 min
May 26, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson33 min
May 26, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno45 min
May 26, 9:41 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTMcPherson15 hr
May 26, 10:00 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTRussell5 hr
May 26, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, McPherson, Marion30 min
May 26, 10:31 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatICTMcPherson5 hr
May 26, 10:33 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTMarion37 hr
May 26, 10:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion25 min
May 26, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper44 min
May 26, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Marion50 min
May 26, 11:33 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatICTMarion12 hr
May 26, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner25 min
May 26, 11:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick36 min
May 26, 11:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion61 min
May 27, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick42 min
May 27, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sumner57 min
May 27, 12:20 AM CDTTornado WarningICTMarion25 min
May 27, 12:40 AM CDTTornado WarningICTButler, Cowley15 min
May 27, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood62 min
May 27, 1:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase29 min
May 27, 1:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery, Wilson, Woodson35 min
May 27, 1:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Elk, Greenwood62 min
May 27, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson, Woodson22 min
May 27, 2:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen, Chautauqua, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson57 min
May 27, 2:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln26 min
May 27, 3:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery, Neosho, Wilson23 min
May 27, 3:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Neosho30 min
May 27, 9:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTNeosho37 hr
May 27, 9:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTLabette, Neosho71 hr
May 27, 9:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTCherokee, Labette4 days
May 27, 9:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMarion35 hr
May 27, 10:20 AM CDTFlood WatchICTAllen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 5 more7 hr
May 27, 12:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua28 min
May 27, 12:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner36 min
May 27, 12:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery29 min
May 27, 12:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner31 min
May 27, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley26 min
May 27, 2:29 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley4 hr
May 27, 2:34 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSaline18 hr
May 27, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley24 min
May 27, 4:13 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTLabette, Montgomery4 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.