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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

June 20, 2021Greenwood County, Woodson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2021, 8:49 PM CDT for Greenwood County, Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 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 20, 2021, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2021, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Greenwood County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2316 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2316 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.8

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The text

As transmitted.

154 
WWUS83 KICT 210149
SPSICT

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service WICHITA KS
849 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021
 
KSZ070-071-094-095-210245-
Wilson KS-Greenwood KS-Woodson KS-Elk KS-
849 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

The National Weather Service in WICHITA has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Northwestern Wilson County in southeastern Kansas...
  Greenwood County in southeastern Kansas...
  Woodson County in southeastern Kansas...
  Northern Elk County in southeastern Kansas...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 846 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were 
  tracking strong thuhderstorms across the advised area.  These 
  storms were moving southeast at 30 mph.

hail up to the size of nickels...and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be
possible with these storms.

* Locations impacted include...
  Eureka, Yates Center, Howard, Toronto, Severy, Buffalo, Fall River,
  Neosho Falls, Climax, Virgil, Coyville, Eureka City Lake, Eureka
  Airport, Toronto Lake, Batesville, Rose, Fall River State Park,
  Fall River Lake, Cross Timbers State Park and Piedmont.

LAT...LON 3735 9652 3786 9652 3804 9595 3804 9552
      3774 9553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 295DEG 25KT 3787 9617 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood31 min
Jun 20, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler47 min
Jun 20, 9:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWilson66 min
Jun 20, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley31 min
Jun 21, 12:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler50 min
Jun 21, 12:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman49 min
Jun 21, 1:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler50 min
Jun 21, 1:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper56 min
Jun 21, 2:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler46 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.