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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Wichita, KS

June 25, 2021Chase County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2021, 2:04 PM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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, 2:04 PM CDT (19:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2021, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Chase County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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, 2:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Wsw Elmdale, KS	DISPATCH REPORTED A SEMI ROLL OVER. TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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 25, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 119 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: 146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -476 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1200 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

178 
WUUS53 KICT 251904
SVRICT
KSC017-251945-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0082.210625T1904Z-210625T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
204 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Chase County in east central Kansas...

* Until 245 PM CDT.

* At 204 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Florence to 11 miles northeast of Burns, moving
  northeast at 35 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Cottonwood Falls and Strong City.

This includes Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 98 and 116.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3833 9635 3818 9636 3817 9637 3808 9666
      3809 9668 3812 9678 3817 9684 3835 9684
      3835 9682 3844 9682 3844 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 218DEG 32KT 3823 9684 3819 9672 3812 9664 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HOWERTON

2 follow-up statements

842 
WWUS53 KICT 251919
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
219 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

KSC017-251945-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-210625T1945Z/
Chase KS-
219 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY...

At 219 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 10 miles west of Strong City to 6 miles southwest of
Cottonwood Falls, moving northeast at 40 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, Bazaar, Elmdale and Tallgrass Prairie
Preserve.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3833 9635 3822 9636 3817 9646 3818 9660
      3832 9682 3844 9682 3844 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 214DEG 34KT 3835 9672 3831 9663 3821 9655 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HOWERTON

735 
WWUS53 KICT 251937
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
237 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

KSC017-251946-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-210625T1945Z/
Chase KS-
237 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 245 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 up to 50 mph and heavy rain are still possible with these 
thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
central and east central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3833 9635 3822 9636 3817 9646 3818 9660
      3832 9682 3844 9682 3844 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 218DEG 32KT 3845 9662 3841 9653 3831 9645 

$$

HOWERTON

The 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, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice	35 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, 2:16 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 Considerable damage threat	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.