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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Wichita, KS
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:29 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 S East Wichita, KS | RELAYED FROM THE SPOTTER NETWORK. |
| Jun 11, 8:44 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 Se East Wichita, KS | PENNY SIZED HAIL. |
| Jun 11, 9:12 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Nnw Haysville, KS | DELAYED 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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 $$ JAKUB
1 follow-up statement
701
WWUS53 KICT 120139
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
839 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021
KSC173-120230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-210612T0230Z/
Sedgwick KS-
839 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL SEDGWICK COUNTY...
At 838 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over South Wichita,
or near Downtown Wichita, moving east at 5 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts, penny size hail, and torrential
rainfall.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
South Wichita, East Wichita, Eastborough, Mcconnell Air Force
Base, Derby and Rose Hill.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3760 9741 3778 9738 3778 9715 3755 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 291DEG 4KT 3764 9734
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JAKUBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 8:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 67 min |
| Jun 11, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 42 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.