Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2021, 10:02 PM CDT for Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 min. 7 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, 10:02 PM CDT (03:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 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), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 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, 10:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 N Arkansas City, KS | |
| Jun 11, 10:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Arkansas City, KS | |
| Jun 11, 10:29 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Arkansas City, KS | 10 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB DOWN JUST SOUTH OF MADISON ON SUMMIT STREET. |
| Jun 11, 10:29 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Arkansas City, KS | |
| Jun 11, 10:33 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 3 Ese Arkansas City, KS | |
| Jun 11, 10:36 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Arkansas City, KS | MEASURED 57 MPH WINDS WITH SMALL BRANCHES DOWN. |
| Jun 11, 10:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | Arkansas City, 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 3394 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1175 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
877 WUUS53 KICT 120302 SVRICT KSC035-191-120400- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0075.210612T0302Z-210612T0400Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Wichita KS 1002 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Cowley County in south central Kansas... Southern Sumner County in south central Kansas... * Until 1100 PM CDT. * At 1002 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Oxford to 7 miles southwest of Wellington, moving south at 25 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... Winfield around 1005 PM CDT. Geuda Springs around 1020 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include South Haven and Arkansas City. This includes Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 1 and 16. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3700 9780 3722 9780 3729 9692 3700 9683 TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 342DEG 20KT 3722 9712 3718 9748 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ JAKUB
3 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KICT 120325
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1025 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021
KSC035-191-120400-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210612T0400Z/
Cowley KS-Sumner KS-
1025 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN COWLEY AND SOUTHERN SUMNER COUNTIES...
At 1024 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Arkansas City,
moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Cowley and southern Sumner Counties, including the
following locations... Hunnewell, Strother Field Airport and Perth.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9780 3722 9780 3729 9692 3700 9683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 333DEG 18KT 3705 9705
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
JAKUB138
WWUS53 KICT 120344
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1044 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021
KSC035-191-120400-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210612T0400Z/
Cowley KS-Sumner KS-
1044 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN COWLEY AND SOUTHERN SUMNER COUNTIES...
At 1043 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Chilocco, or
near Arkansas City, moving south at 20 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.
Locations impacted include...
Arkansas City, Winfield, Caldwell, Oxford, South Haven, Geuda
Springs, Hunnewell, Perth and Strother Field Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9780 3722 9780 3729 9692 3700 9683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 338DEG 19KT 3700 9697
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
JAKUB906
WWUS53 KICT 120351
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1051 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021
KSC035-191-120400-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210612T0400Z/
Cowley KS-Sumner KS-
1051 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COWLEY AND
SOUTHERN SUMNER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
south central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3700 9780 3722 9780 3729 9692 3700 9683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0350Z 342DEG 20KT 3697 9696
$$
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, 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, 10:18 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.