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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 28, 2021, 2:25 PM CDT for Elk County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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
- Apr 28, 2021, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2021, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Elk County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 986 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted.
232 WWUS83 KICT 281925 SPSICT Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 225 PM CDT Wed Apr 28 2021 KSZ094-095-098-099-282030- Montgomery KS-Wilson KS-Chautauqua KS-Elk KS- 225 PM CDT Wed Apr 28 2021 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Significant Weather Advisory for... Northwestern Montgomery County in southeastern Kansas... Southwestern Wilson County in southeastern Kansas... Northeastern Chautauqua County in southeastern Kansas... Southeastern Elk County in southeastern Kansas... * Until 330 PM CDT. * At 223 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm near Longton, or 14 miles northeast of Sedan...moving northeast at 15 mph. hail up to the size of dimes will be possible with this storm. * Locations impacted include... Longton, Elk City, Hale and Buxton. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... The storms are not expected to become severe. && LAT...LON 3721 9602 3730 9621 3757 9597 3739 9571 TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 216DEG 15KT 3731 9606 $$ KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 11:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 22 min |
| Apr 28, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 35 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.