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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 10:56 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
- Aug 7, 2021, 10:56 PM CDT (03:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 55
Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:56 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
154
WWUS83 KICT 080356
SPSICT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1056 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
KSZ067-082-080430-
Reno KS-Kingman KS-
1056 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Reno and Kingman
Counties through 1130 PM CDT...
At 1056 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles south of Sterling to near Pretty
Prairie to 8 miles east of Nashville. Movement was east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size 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, Kingman, South Hutchinson, Buhler, Haven, Nickerson,
Pretty Prairie, Norwich, Arlington, Partridge, Plevna, Abbyville,
Nashville, Yoder, Murdock, Waterloo, Willowdale, Zenda, Willowbrook
and Spivey.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
central Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 9845 3777 9838 3816 9835 3817 9770
3773 9778 3773 9781 3739 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 259DEG 40KT 3811 9821 3779 9809 3745 9827
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
$$
DARMOFALThe 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 | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 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, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 20 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.