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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Wichita, KS

June 11, 2021Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2021, 8:27 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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
Jun 11, 2021, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2021, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 8:29 PM CDTHAIL 0.751 S East Wichita, KSRELAYED FROM THE SPOTTER NETWORK.
Jun 11, 8:44 PM CDTHAIL 0.751 Se East Wichita, KSPENNY SIZED HAIL.
Jun 11, 9:12 PM CDTHAIL 0.753 Nnw Haysville, KSDELAYED REPORT. RECEIVED VIA MPING.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 2021-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 830 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-461 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

As transmitted.

691 
WUUS53 KICT 120127
SVRICT
KSC173-120230-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0072.210612T0127Z-210612T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
827 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Sedgwick County in south central Kansas...

* Until 930 PM CDT.

* At 827 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Downtown
  Wichita, moving east at 10 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  East Wichita around 845 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Eastborough, Mcconnell Air Force Base, Northeast Wichita, Andover and
Rose Hill.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 0 and 13.
 Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 41 and 54.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3760 9741 3778 9738 3778 9715 3755 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 280DEG 7KT 3768 9730 

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

JAKUB
1 follow-up statement
701 
WWUS53 KICT 120139
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
839 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

KSC173-120230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-210612T0230Z/
Sedgwick KS-
839 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL SEDGWICK COUNTY...

At 838 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over South Wichita,
or near Downtown Wichita, moving east at 5 mph. 

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts, penny size hail, and torrential 
         rainfall. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
  South Wichita, East Wichita, Eastborough, Mcconnell Air Force 
  Base, Derby and Rose Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3760 9741 3778 9738 3778 9715 3755 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 291DEG 4KT 3764 9734 

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

JAKUB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase45 min
Jun 11, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler43 min
Jun 11, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette57 min
Jun 11, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick41 min
Jun 11, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick64 min
Jun 11, 8:11 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler, Sedgwick3 hr
Jun 11, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick31 min
Jun 11, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner61 min
Jun 11, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner67 min
Jun 11, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner58 min
Jun 11, 10:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper42 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.