Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2021, 8:59 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 5 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, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 9:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Benton, KS | DELAYED REPORT. |
| Jun 11, 9:06 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Nw Augusta, KS | |
| Jun 11, 9:12 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Nnw Haysville, KS | DELAYED REPORT. RECEIVED VIA MPING. |
| Jun 11, 9:19 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Andover, KS | POWER LINES DOWNED. |
| Jun 11, 9:33 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 Se Clearwater, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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.
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WUUS53 KICT 120159
SVRICT
KSC015-035-173-191-120300-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0073.210612T0159Z-210612T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
859 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Cowley County in south central Kansas...
Southeastern Sedgwick County in south central Kansas...
Southwestern Butler County in south central Kansas...
Northeastern Sumner County in south central Kansas...
* Until 1000 PM CDT.
* At 857 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Haysville,
moving south at 10 mph. Another severe storm was located near
Benton, moving south at 10 mph. This severe thunderstorm warning
replaces the previous warning in effect for the area.
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...
Mcconnell Air Force Base around 900 PM CDT.
South Wichita around 910 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Derby, Haysville and Mulvane.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 0 and 9.
Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 31 and 66.
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 3761 9757 3780 9714 3786 9695 3745 9699
3742 9756
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 350DEG 3KT 3761 9737
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JAKUB3 follow-up statements
894
WWUS53 KICT 120216
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
916 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021
KSC015-035-173-191-120300-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-210612T0300Z/
Cowley KS-Sedgwick KS-Butler KS-Sumner KS-
916 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN COWLEY...SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK...SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER
AND NORTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTIES...
At 915 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Haysville,
moving south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Clearwater, Derby and Mulvane.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3761 9757 3778 9716 3779 9696 3745 9699
3742 9756
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 348DEG 7KT 3755 9737
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JAKUB622
WWUS53 KICT 120236
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
936 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021
KSC015-035-173-191-120300-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-210612T0300Z/
Cowley KS-Sedgwick KS-Butler KS-Sumner KS-
936 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN COWLEY...SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK...SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER
AND NORTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTIES...
At 935 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles south of
Haysville, moving south at 10 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, Andover, Haysville, Augusta, Mulvane, Rose Hill,
Clearwater, Douglass, Eastborough, East Wichita, Mcconnell Air Force
Base, South Wichita, Santa Fe Lake, Augusta Municipal Airport and
Oaklawn.
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 3761 9757 3774 9716 3770 9697 3745 9699
3742 9756
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 346DEG 7KT 3750 9735
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JAKUB962
WWUS53 KICT 120252
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
952 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021
KSC015-035-173-191-120302-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-210612T0300Z/
Cowley KS-Sedgwick KS-Butler KS-Sumner KS-
952 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COWLEY...
SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK...SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER AND NORTHEASTERN SUMNER
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
south central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3761 9757 3774 9716 3770 9697 3745 9699
3742 9756
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 350DEG 3KT 3749 9735
$$
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, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 31 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.