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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2021, 2:20 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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 29, 2021, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Barton County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
809
WWUS83 KICT 291920
SPSICT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
220 PM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021
KSZ047-050-292000-
Rice KS-Barton KS-
220 PM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Significant Weather Advisory for...
West central Rice County in central Kansas...
Southeastern Barton County in central Kansas...
* Until 300 PM CDT.
* At 216 PM CDT...National Weather Service Doppler radar was tracking
a strong thunderstorm with locally heavy rainfall near Ellinwood.
this storm was nearly stationary.
* Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. This
storm is also producing very heavy rain and is expected to cause
localized flooding in low lying areas.
* Locations impacted include...
Ellinwood, Silica and Cheyenne Bottoms.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
These storms may produce ponding of water on roadways. Listen for
later statements or possible flood warnings...should the risk for
minor low-land flooding become more imminent.
&&
LAT...LON 3847 9865 3841 9839 3819 9846 3819 9847
3826 9847 3826 9867
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 198DEG 2KT 3829 9854
$$
METZGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 5:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 3 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.