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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2021, 1:09 AM CDT for Barton County, Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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 25, 2021, 1:09 AM CDT (06:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2021, 1:44 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Rice County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 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 25, 1:35 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 W Lyons, KS | AWOS STATION KLYO LYONS RICE CO. MUNICIPAL AIRPT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
711
WUUS53 KICT 250609
SVRICT
KSC009-053-159-250715-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0079.210625T0609Z-210625T0715Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
109 AM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Rice County in central Kansas...
Ellsworth County in central Kansas...
Eastern Barton County in central Kansas...
* Until 215 AM CDT.
* At 109 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Holyrood, or
7 miles northeast of Claflin, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Bushton around 120 AM CDT.
Lorraine around 125 AM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Geneseo and Little River.
This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 207 and 226.
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 3870 9851 3870 9849 3877 9849 3887 9845
3886 9793 3818 9792 3818 9847 3826 9847
3826 9866
TIME...MOT...LOC 0609Z 291DEG 32KT 3862 9846
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MCGUIRE2 follow-up statements
408
WWUS53 KICT 250637
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
137 AM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
KSC009-250647-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-210625T0715Z/
Barton KS-
137 AM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BARTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3886 9793 3818 9792 3818 9847 3862 9824
3887 9820
TIME...MOT...LOC 0637Z 286DEG 39KT 3853 9800
$$
KSC053-159-250715-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-210625T0715Z/
Rice KS-Ellsworth KS-
137 AM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT
FOR RICE AND EASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...
At 137 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
Geneseo, or 14 miles southeast of Kanopolis, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of Rice
and eastern Ellsworth Counties, including the following locations...
Frederick, Kanopolis Lake and Kanopolis State Park.
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 3886 9793 3818 9792 3818 9847 3862 9824
3887 9820
TIME...MOT...LOC 0637Z 286DEG 39KT 3853 9800
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MCGUIRE611
WWUS53 KICT 250644
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
144 AM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
KSC053-159-250654-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-210625T0715Z/
Rice KS-Ellsworth KS-
144 AM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RICE AND EASTERN ELLSWORTH
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled. However heavy rain is still possible with this
thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3886 9793 3818 9792 3818 9847 3862 9824
3887 9820
TIME...MOT...LOC 0643Z 291DEG 32KT 3851 9792
$$
MCGUIREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 11:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 58 min |
| Jun 25, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 24 min |
| Jun 25, 12:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 1:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 1:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 1:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Marion | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 1:54 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 12 more | 65 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 3:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 61 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 32 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 4 days |
| Jun 25, 3:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 5 days |
| Jun 25, 3:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Labette | 7 days |
| Jun 25, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase, Marion | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 4:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 69 min |
| Jun 25, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 64 min |
| Jun 25, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson | 55 min |
| Jun 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 58 min |
| Jun 25, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 60 min |
| Jun 25, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 53 min |
| Jun 25, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Marion | 55 min |
| Jun 25, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 66 min |
| Jun 25, 6:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey | 4 hr |
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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.