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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Mar 12, 2021, 5:00 AM CST for Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 12, 2021, 5:00 AM CST (11:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2021, 5:45 AM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Rice County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2118 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 12, 3:03 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 3:03 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 422 AM CST Fri Mar 12 2021 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-131030- Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion-Chase- Reno-Harvey-Butler-Greenwood-Woodson-Allen-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper- Sumner-Cowley-Elk-Wilson-Neosho-Chautauqua-Montgomery-Labette- 422 AM CST Fri Mar 12 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered thunderstorms are expected for today and tonight across the region. A few strong storms could produce pea to nickel size hail mainly during the morning and late night hours. In addition, periods of heavy rainfall is possible tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Periods of widespread showers and thunderstorms will continue to affect the region for Saturday and Sunday. A few strong to marginally severe storms will be possible on Saturday with southern Kansas having the higher chances. Widespread rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches is expected for this weekend, with locally higher amounts possible. The rain could be heavy at times, especially during the night time hours on Saturday. In addition, modest to significant rises on area rivers and streams are likely, with some street and low-land flooding also possible. Another weather system could bring more rain chances to the region for Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Colder air could change the precipitation over to a rain snow mix. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated today or tonight. && For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at: https://weather.gov/crh/ghwo?sid=ict
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 5:00 AM CST, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 12, 4:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 63 min |
| Mar 12, 5:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 55 min |
| Mar 12, 5:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 57 min |
| Mar 12, 6:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 42 min |
| Mar 12, 6:50 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 55 min |
| Mar 12, 7:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 7:14 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 46 min |
| Mar 12, 8:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 28 min |
| Mar 12, 9:40 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 10:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 10:31 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 44 min |
| Mar 12, 10:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 47 min |
| Mar 12, 10:49 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 11:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 49 min |
| Mar 12, 11:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 54 min |
| Mar 12, 12:08 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 48 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Wilson | 51 min |
| Mar 12, 12:55 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Neosho | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 3:04 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 45 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.