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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

May 14, 2021Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at May 14, 2021, 8:21 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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
May 14, 2021, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2021, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

County Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2021-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1153 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1153 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

As transmitted.

686 
WWUS83 KICT 150121
SPSICT

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
821 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021
 
KSZ032-150145-
Russell KS-
821 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Northwestern Russell County in central Kansas...

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 819 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles northeast of Emmeram...
  moving northeast at 35 mph.

* Dime to nickel size hail will be possible with this storm.

* Locations impacted include...
  Paradise and Waldo. 

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3913 9904 3913 9873 3895 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 232DEG 31KT 3904 9901 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell28 min
May 14, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell28 min
May 14, 10:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton53 min
May 14, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton27 min
May 14, 11:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton48 min
May 15, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper61 min
May 15, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner34 min

Nearby

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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.