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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

August 7, 2021Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 10:10 PM CDT for Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 7, 2021, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2021, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 55

County Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 7, 10:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 56	2 Nw Hutchinson, KS
Aug 7, 10:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	N Sterling, KS	50 TO 60 MPH QUICK BURST OF WIND AND THEN SUBSIDED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 1651 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

482 
WWUS83 KICT 080310
SPSICT

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1010 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
 
KSZ050-051-067-080330-
Reno KS-Rice KS-McPherson KS-
1010 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
McPherson, northern Reno and southeastern Rice Counties through 1030
PM CDT...

At 1009 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 
just north of Nickerson, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Hutchinson, Lyons, Sterling, Inman, Buhler, Nickerson, Alden,
Willowbrook and Hutchinson Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
central Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3833 9834 3839 9770 3806 9770 3806 9836
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 270DEG 33KT 3822 9807 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

$$

DARMOFAL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell	57 min
Aug 7, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Saline	65 min
Aug 7, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	22 min
Aug 7, 9:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson, Rice, Saline	33 min
Aug 7, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Rice	23 min
Aug 7, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	26 min
Aug 7, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	36 min
Aug 7, 10:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman, Reno	34 min
Aug 7, 11:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Reno, Rice	6 hr
Aug 7, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, Sedgwick	34 min
Aug 7, 11:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	42 min
Aug 8, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	54 min
Aug 8, 2:18 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	4 days

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.