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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 10:13 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min. 2 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 19, 2021, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2021, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Russell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 10:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | Russell Airport, KS | |
| Jun 19, 10:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | Russell Airport, 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 19, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3329 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
054 WUUS53 KICT 200313 SVRICT KSC167-200415- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0076.210620T0313Z-210620T0415Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service WICHITA KS 1013 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021 The National Weather Service in WICHITA has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Russell County in central Kansas... * Until 1115 PM CDT. * At 1013 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles north of Natoma to 7 miles northeast of Emmeram to near Toulon to near Munjor, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Luray, Milberger, Russell, Lucas and Dorrance. This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 175 and 204. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3913 9904 3913 9848 3870 9849 3870 9904 TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 266DEG 44KT 3929 9897 3904 9903 3885 9920 3876 9927 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ COOK
3 follow-up statements
373 WWUS53 KICT 200330 SVSICT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service WICHITA KS 1030 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021 KSC167-200415- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-210620T0415Z/ Russell KS- 1030 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR RUSSELL COUNTY... At 1029 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles south of Osborne to 6 miles southwest of Luray to near Gorham to 7 miles northwest of Milberger, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. These severe storms will be near... Luray around 1035 PM CDT. Lucas around 1045 PM CDT. Dorrance around 1055 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Wilson Lake, Waldo, Bunker Hill, Russell Airport, Wilson State Park and Paradise. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3913 9904 3913 9848 3870 9849 3870 9904 TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 266DEG 44KT 3930 9873 3905 9879 3886 9896 3877 9903 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ COOK
508 WWUS53 KICT 200343 SVSICT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service WICHITA KS 1043 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021 KSC167-200415- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-210620T0415Z/ Russell KS- 1043 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR RUSSELL COUNTY... At 1043 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Tipton to 5 miles south of Luray to near Russell to near Milberger, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. These severe storms will be near... Lucas around 1055 PM CDT. Dorrance around 1105 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Wilson Lake, Waldo, Bunker Hill, Russell Airport, Wilson State Park and Paradise. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3913 9904 3913 9848 3870 9849 3870 9904 TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 267DEG 37KT 3931 9854 3904 9870 3885 9886 3875 9897 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ COOK
902
WWUS53 KICT 200410
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service WICHITA KS
1110 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021
KSC167-200416-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-210620T0415Z/
Russell KS-
1110 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RUSSELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1115 PM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for
central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3913 9904 3913 9848 3870 9849 3870 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0406Z 266DEG 44KT 3933 9820 3906 9836 3887 9852 3877
9863
$$
COOKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 53 min |
| Jun 20, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 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.