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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Wichita, KS

June 20, 2021Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2021, 6:50 PM CDT for Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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 20, 2021, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2021, 7:32 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 577 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -261 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1356 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

591 
WUUS53 KICT 202350
SVRICT
KSC073-210045-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0077.210620T2350Z-210621T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service WICHITA KS
650 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

The National Weather Service in WICHITA has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Greenwood County in southeastern Kansas...

* Until 745 PM CDT.

* At 650 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of
  Hamilton, or 11 miles north of Eureka, moving east at 35 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Hamilton around 705 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3780 9596 3790 9645 3808 9641 3804 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 280DEG 28KT 3798 9635 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

COOK

4 follow-up statements

183 
WWUS53 KICT 210000
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service WICHITA KS
700 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

KSC073-210045-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-210621T0045Z/
Greenwood KS-
700 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY...

At 700 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hamilton, or 10
miles north of Eureka, moving east at 30 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe storm will be near...
  Hamilton around 710 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3780 9596 3789 9636 3806 9634 3804 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 280DEG 28KT 3797 9625 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

COOK

278 
WWUS53 KICT 210020
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service WICHITA KS
720 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

KSC073-210045-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-210621T0045Z/
Greenwood KS-
720 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY...

At 720 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast of
Hamilton, or 14 miles northeast of Eureka, moving east at 30 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Greenwood County, including the following locations...
Eureka City Lake, Virgil and Thrall.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3780 9596 3789 9636 3806 9634 3804 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 281DEG 27KT 3793 9607 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

COOK

024 
WWUS53 KICT 210023
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service WICHITA KS
723 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

KSC073-210045-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-210621T0045Z/
Greenwood KS-
723 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL GREENWOOD COUNTY...

At 723 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of
Hamilton, or 15 miles south of Madison, moving east at 30 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of east
central Greenwood County, including the following locations...
Virgil.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3780 9596 3788 9621 3802 9621 3804 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 281DEG 27KT 3793 9604 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

COOK

724 
WWUS53 KICT 210032
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service WICHITA KS
732 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

KSC073-210042-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-210621T0045Z/
Greenwood KS-
732 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GREENWOOD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3780 9596 3788 9621 3802 9621 3804 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 280DEG 28KT 3792 9595 

$$

COOK

The 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 19, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	62 min
Jun 20, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.