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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS

March 16, 2021Kingman County, Reno County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2021, 11:22 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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
Mar 16, 2021, 11:22 PM CDT (04:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2021, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2021-03-17Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 331 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
331 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
519 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

613 
WUUS53 KICT 170422
SVRICT
KSC095-155-173-170515-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0008.210317T0422Z-210317T0515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1122 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Reno County in south central Kansas...
  West central Sedgwick County in south central Kansas...
  Northeastern Kingman County in south central Kansas...

* Until 1215 AM CDT.

* At 1120 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast
  of Kingman, moving north at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Kingman, Cheney, Pretty Prairie, Murdock, Waterloo, Cheney Lake, Mt
  Vernon, Kingman Airport and Cheney State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3750 9791 3749 9813 3782 9812 3780 9769
      3759 9774
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 200DEG 20KT 3754 9800 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BUTLER
2 follow-up statements
309 
WWUS53 KICT 170450
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1150 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

KSC095-155-173-170515-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210317T0515Z/
Reno KS-Sedgwick KS-Kingman KS-
1150 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RENO...WEST CENTRAL SEDGWICK AND NORTHEASTERN
KINGMAN COUNTIES...

At 1149 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
Kingman, moving north at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Kingman, Pretty Prairie, Waterloo, Cheney Lake, Mt Vernon, Kingman
Airport and Cheney State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3757 9801 3757 9813 3782 9812 3780 9769
      3767 9772 3759 9789
TIME...MOT...LOC 0449Z 199DEG 14KT 3764 9796 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BUTLER
865 
WWUS53 KICT 170509
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1209 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

KSC095-155-173-170519-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210317T0515Z/
Reno KS-Sedgwick KS-Kingman KS-
1209 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RENO...WEST
CENTRAL SEDGWICK AND NORTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
1215 AM CDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3757 9801 3757 9813 3782 9812 3780 9769
      3767 9772 3759 9789
TIME...MOT...LOC 0509Z 200DEG 20KT 3774 9792 

$$

BUTLER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 8:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTCowley, Sumner47 hr
Mar 16, 10:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman24 min
Mar 16, 10:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman34 min
Mar 16, 11:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper49 min
Mar 16, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner27 min
Mar 16, 11:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick32 min
Mar 17, 12:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick33 min
Mar 17, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler29 min
Mar 17, 12:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno28 min
Mar 17, 12:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick26 min
Mar 17, 12:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper23 min
Mar 17, 12:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman31 min
Mar 17, 12:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion29 min
Mar 17, 1:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley28 min
Mar 17, 1:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper24 min
Mar 17, 1:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner23 min
Mar 17, 1:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner37 min
Mar 17, 2:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick34 min
Mar 17, 2:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley51 min
Mar 17, 3:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua53 min
Mar 17, 4:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Montgomery63 min
Mar 17, 8:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSumner27 hr
Mar 17, 10:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTCherokee, Labette4 days
Mar 17, 10:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTNeosho3 days
Mar 17, 10:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho58 hr
Mar 17, 10:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTAllen39 hr
Mar 17, 10:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTLabette, Neosho4 days
Mar 17, 11:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTWilson20 hr
Mar 17, 12:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson4 hr
Mar 17, 2:42 PM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryICTAllen, Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Harvey, Marion and 2 more12 hr
Mar 17, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua32 min
Mar 17, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWilson46 min
Mar 17, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette24 min
Mar 17, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Chase, Sedgwick, Sumner48 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.