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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

July 26, 2021McPherson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT for McPherson County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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 26, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

County McPherson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2021-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 95 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1152 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

821 
WWUS83 KICT 262221
SPSICT

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
521 PM CDT Mon Jul 26 2021
 
KSZ051-262315-
McPherson KS-
521 PM CDT Mon Jul 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Central McPherson County in central Kansas...

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 518 PM CDT...National Weather Service Doppler radar was tracking
  a strong thunderstorm with locally heavy rainfall near Mcpherson...
  moving south at 10 mph.

Torrential rainfall rates and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be 
possible with this storm.

* Locations impacted include...
  Mcpherson, Moundridge, Inman, Galva, Canton and Mcpherson Airport. 

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.

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 3851 9778 3850 9741 3818 9740 3819 9778
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 349DEG 10KT 3835 9760 

$$

CARUSO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner60 min
Jul 26, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline55 min
Jul 26, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick55 min
Jul 26, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Saline61 min
Jul 26, 4:28 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSedgwick5 hr
Jul 26, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick14 min
Jul 26, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler51 min
Jul 26, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey56 min
Jul 26, 5:52 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTHarvey, McPherson4 hr
Jul 26, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey, McPherson, Rice28 min
Jul 26, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno25 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.