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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

July 15, 2021Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2021, 11:13 PM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 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
Jul 15, 2021, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2021, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

County Cowley County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 2021-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

011 
WWUS83 KICT 160413
SPSICT

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1113 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021
 
KSZ093-160515-
Cowley KS-
1113 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Northern Cowley County in south central Kansas...

* Until 1215 AM CDT.

* At 1112 PM CDT...National Weather Service Doppler radar was
  tracking a strong thunderstorm with locally heavy rainfall over
  Burden, or 10 miles northeast of Winfield...moving east at 30 mph.

wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

* Locations impacted include...
  Winfield, Burden, Dexter, Atlanta, Rock, Cambridge and Winfield
  City Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

The storms are not expected to become severe. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3725 9705 3748 9705 3748 9688 3747 9653
      3710 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 280DEG 24KT 3734 9679 

$$

KETCHAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman56 min
Jul 15, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWoodson59 min
Jul 15, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk53 min
Jul 15, 9:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Neosho53 min
Jul 15, 10:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette34 min
Jul 15, 11:04 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler, Elk, Neosho, Wilson11 hr
Jul 16, 2:56 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTAllen, Greenwood, Woodson7 hr
Jul 16, 4:08 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTLabette, Montgomery30 hr
Jul 16, 6:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTWilson14 hr
Jul 16, 7:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTWilson34 hr
Jul 16, 7:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTLabette, Neosho3 days
Jul 16, 8:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson71 hr
Jul 16, 8:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery68 hr
Jul 16, 8:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTNeosho36 hr
Jul 16, 8:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTCherokee, Labette3 days
Jul 16, 8:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho50 hr
Jul 16, 8:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTAllen35 hr
Jul 16, 10:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTNeosho, Wilson, Woodson24 hr
Jul 16, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner31 min
Jul 16, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner42 min
Jul 16, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman24 min
Jul 16, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner31 min
Jul 16, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman26 min
Jul 16, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper29 min
Jul 16, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner28 min
Jul 16, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper29 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.