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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Wichita, KS

June 11, 2021Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2021, 9:23 PM CDT for Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2021, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2021, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cowley County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3398 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

004 
WUUS53 KICT 120223
SVRICT
KSC035-191-120330-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0074.210612T0223Z-210612T0330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
923 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...
  Sumner County in south central Kansas...

* Until 1030 PM CDT.

* At 922 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Douglass to 5 miles northeast of Conway
  Springs, moving south at 20 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Udall around 940 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Wellington and Winfield.

This includes Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 12 and 32.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3747 9781 3747 9693 3721 9692 3711 9780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 345DEG 17KT 3748 9707 3743 9757 

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

JAKUB
1 follow-up statement
564 
WWUS53 KICT 120322
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1022 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

KSC035-191-120331-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-210612T0330Z/
Cowley KS-Sumner KS-
1022 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COWLEY AND SUMNER
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
south central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3747 9781 3747 9693 3721 9692 3711 9780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 345DEG 17KT 3722 9698 3717 9748 

$$

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, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick63 min
Jun 11, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick31 min
Jun 11, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner61 min
Jun 11, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner58 min
Jun 11, 10:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper42 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.