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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2021, 2:54 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 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 1, 2021, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Ellsworth County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jun 1, 12:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 12:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:11 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
211 PM CDT Tue Jun 1 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Special Weather Statement for...
Rice County in central Kansas...
Barton County in central Kansas...
* Until 315 PM CDT.
* At 207 PM CDT, a cold air funnel was reported just north of
Lyons, Kansas.
HAZARD...Conditions continue to favor the potential for cold air
funnels as storms develop; however, at this time it is
unknown which if any storm would produce a a
cold air funnel.
SOURCE...Emergency management.
IMPACT...Any cold air funnell that develops are expected to
stay aloft or pose little if any threat.
* Locations impacted include...
Great Bend, Lyons, Hoisington, Sterling, Ellinwood, Claflin, Little
River, Chase, Bushton, Geneseo, Albert, Alden, Olmitz, Raymond,
Galatia, Susank, Frederick, Great Bend Airport, Cheyenne Bottoms
and Silica.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Cold air funnels can form with a developing thunderstorm before
rain, hail, and even thunder is observed. Cold air funnels are not
usually associated with a wall cloud and are often difficult to
detect with weather radar.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 9848 3852 9849 3851 9794 3819 9794
3819 9844 3827 9847 3827 9902 3870 9903
KETCHAMSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 2:20 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
220 PM CDT Tue Jun 1 2021
KSZ047-050-012015-
Rice KS-Barton KS-
220 PM CDT Tue Jun 1 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Significant Weather Advisory for...
Rice County in central Kansas...
Barton County in central Kansas...
* Until 315 PM CDT.
* At 214 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
tracking cold air funnels near Lyons...moving southwest at 5 mph.
Conditions continue to favor the potential for cold air funnels as
storms develop; however, at this time it is unknown which if any
storm would produce a cold air funnel.
Any cold air funnell that develops are expected to stay aloft or
pose little if any threat.
* Locations impacted include...
Great Bend, Lyons, Hoisington, Sterling, Ellinwood, Claflin, Little
River, Chase, Bushton, Geneseo, Albert, Alden, Olmitz, Raymond,
Galatia, Susank, Frederick, Great Bend Airport, Cheyenne Bottoms
and Silica.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
The storms are not expected to become severe.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 9848 3852 9849 3851 9794 3819 9794
3819 9844 3827 9847 3827 9902 3870 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 064DEG 5KT 3841 9823
KETCHAMSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 2:54 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 254 PM CDT Tue Jun 1 2021 KSZ048-012100- Ellsworth- 254 PM CDT Tue Jun 1 2021 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ELLSWORTH COUNTY... At 253 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Lorraine, or 10 miles southwest of Kanopolis, moving west at 10 mph. Locations impacted include... Ellsworth, Wilson, Kanopolis, Holyrood, Lorraine, Kanopolis Lake, Kanopolis State Park and Ellsworth Airport. This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 206 and 225. Conditions in the atmosphere are such that weak, brief funnels may form this afternoon. They usually develop beneath showers or weak thunderstorms when the air aloft is especially cold. These funnels are usually harmless, but on rare occasions can briefly touch down and cause wind gusts over 50 mph. If a funnel approaches your location, move indoors. Please contact the National Weather Service if you see a funnel. LAT...LON 3886 9794 3853 9793 3853 9848 3887 9848 TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 070DEG 8KT 3859 9827 KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton, Rice | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson, Rice | 64 min |
| Jun 1, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 54 min |
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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.