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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Wichita, KS

June 25, 2021Chase County, Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2021, 8:35 PM CDT for Chase County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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 25, 2021, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2021, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chase County, KS, Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 25, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-314 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1286 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

239 
WUUS53 KICT 260135
SVRICT
KSC017-073-260230-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0094.210626T0135Z-210626T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
835 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...
  Greenwood County in southeastern Kansas...

* Until 930 PM CDT.

* At 835 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Hillsboro to 6 miles northeast of Burns to 16
  miles northeast of El Dorado, moving northeast at 45 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

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

This includes Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 97 and 115.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3808 9652 3809 9684 3852 9682 3852 9636
      3817 9636 3817 9596 3776 9596 3770 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 240DEG 38KT 3829 9717 3816 9681 3794 9660 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KETCHAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Reno, Rice58 min
Jun 25, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey67 min
Jun 25, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick63 min
Jun 25, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Marion61 min
Jun 25, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler62 min
Jun 25, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice28 min
Jun 25, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen, Wilson, Woodson64 min
Jun 25, 8:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMarion32 hr
Jun 25, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton52 min
Jun 25, 8:45 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatICTMarion6 hr
Jun 25, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler53 min
Jun 25, 9:10 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler14 hr
Jun 25, 9:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson30 min
Jun 25, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Saline24 min
Jun 25, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson63 min
Jun 25, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper45 min
Jun 25, 10:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey68 min
Jun 25, 10:11 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson62 hr
Jun 25, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson53 min
Jun 25, 10:25 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatICTHarvey9 hr
Jun 25, 10:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick65 min
Jun 25, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick47 min
Jun 25, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln, Russell57 min
Jun 25, 11:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler58 min
Jun 25, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley66 min
Jun 25, 11:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho43 min
Jun 25, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk, Greenwood42 min
Jun 26, 12:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson48 min
Jun 26, 1:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson48 min
Jun 26, 2:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette29 min
Jun 26, 2:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTButler22 hr
Jun 26, 2:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTButler, Cowley18 hr
Jun 26, 2:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTButler13 hr
Jun 26, 2:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTButler, Cowley18 hr
Jun 26, 2:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTWilson42 hr
Jun 26, 2:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson63 hr
Jun 26, 2:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery3 days
Jun 26, 2:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTWilson17 hr
Jun 26, 2:58 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTMarion37 hr
Jun 26, 6:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTHarvey33 hr
Jun 26, 11:17 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.