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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

June 24, 2021Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2021, 11:27 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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 24, 2021, 11:27 PM CDT (04:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 2766 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1424 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 404 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.2
Supercell composite: 23.2

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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 Jun 24, 6:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 6:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 9:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
915 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-252045-
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-
915 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Thunderstorms are expected to move east out of western Kansas into
portions of central Kansas tonight. A few strong to marginally
severe storms are possible with 60 mph winds and nickel sized hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Showers and thunderstorms may linger into Friday morning, with
renewed development likely in the afternoon and evening hours on
Friday. These storms are expected to continue into early Saturday.
Some strong or severe storms appear likely during this period, with
large hail up to golf ball size and damaging winds to 65 mph.
Depending on the strength of the boundary, a localized tornado
threat may also exist across central Kansas for Friday evening.
Heavy rainfall late Friday night may also lead to localized
flooding.

Periodic chances of storms are also forecast from Saturday night
for south central and southeast Kansas then for areas mainly east
of the Kansas Turnpike from Sunday through Tuesday. Confidence in
timing and location of these storms is much lower. Please continue
to check later outlooks for updated information.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed across central Kansas late this
afternoon and this evening.

&&

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

VP/Ketcham

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 11:27 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1127 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

KSZ033-048-049-250500-
Ellsworth KS-Lincoln KS-Saline KS-
1127 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Northeastern Ellsworth County in central Kansas...
  Southeastern Lincoln County in central Kansas...
  Northern Saline County in central Kansas...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 1125 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm near Culver, or 8 miles northwest of
  Salina...moving northeast at 35 mph.

hail up to the size of dimes...and wind gusts up to 50 mph are
possible with this storm.

* Locations impacted include...
  Salina, New Cambria, Glendale and Westfall.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be prepared to take shelter in the event the storms intensify and
become severe...or a warning is issued by the National Weather
Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9793 3896 9738 3891 9737 3874 9808
      3892 9807 3897 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 244DEG 30KT 3889 9773

KLEINSASSER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	58 min
Jun 25, 12:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	24 min
Jun 25, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	28 min
Jun 25, 12:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	34 min
Jun 25, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	45 min
Jun 25, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice	35 min
Jun 25, 1:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	59 min
Jun 25, 1:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson, Saline	49 min
Jun 25, 1:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	26 min
Jun 25, 1:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	29 min
Jun 25, 1:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	38 min
Jun 25, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Marion	26 min
Jun 25, 1:54 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 12 more	65 hr
Jun 25, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	41 min
Jun 25, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	44 min
Jun 25, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	31 min
Jun 25, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	26 min
Jun 25, 3:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	61 hr
Jun 25, 3:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	32 hr
Jun 25, 3:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	4 days
Jun 25, 3:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	5 days
Jun 25, 3:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cherokee, Labette	7 days
Jun 25, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase, Marion	33 min
Jun 25, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	35 min
Jun 25, 4:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	69 min
Jun 25, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	64 min
Jun 25, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	32 min
Jun 25, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	46 min
Jun 25, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	30 min
Jun 25, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson	55 min
Jun 25, 5:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Chase, Marion	5 hr
Jun 25, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	58 min
Jun 25, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	47 min
Jun 25, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	60 min
Jun 25, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	53 min
Jun 25, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Marion	55 min
Jun 25, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	66 min
Jun 25, 6:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey	4 hr

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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.