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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

May 15, 2021Harper County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at May 15, 2021, 6:29 PM CDT for Harper County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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 15, 2021, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Harper County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 268 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 May 15, 3:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 3:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 3:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
331 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-162045-
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-
331 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas,
South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Scattered thunderstorms will be possible through this evening across
southern Kansas, with an increasing threat possibly shifting to the
Interstate 70 corridor by tonight. The stronger storms will be
capable of quarter to half dollar size hail and winds to 60 mph. In
addition, heavy rainfall may result in some high water across flood
prone areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

There will be multiple opportunities for thunderstorms through next
week, some of which could be strong to marginally severe. However,
at this time, the threat of widespread, and or significant, severe
weather looks low. Flooding concerns may increase through next week,
especially for any area that sees repeated rounds of thunderstorms.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight, but any reports of
severe weather are always appreciated.

&&

For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at:
https://weather.gov/crh/ghwo?sid=ict

Martin

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 15, 6:29 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 8:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	24 min
May 14, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	28 min
May 14, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	28 min
May 14, 10:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	53 min
May 14, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	27 min
May 14, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	48 min
May 15, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	34 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.