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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 11:48 PM CDT for Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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, 11:48 PM CDT (04:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2021, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Harvey County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 1803 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
The text
As transmitted.
564
WWUS83 KICT 080448
SPSICT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1148 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
KSZ052-067>069-082-083-080530-
Reno KS-Butler KS-Harvey KS-Marion KS-Sedgwick KS-Kingman KS-
1148 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southeastern Reno,
Sedgwick, Harvey, northwestern Butler, southern Marion and eastern
Kingman Counties through 1230 AM CDT...
At 1147 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Goessel to near Colwich to 8 miles north
of Harper. Movement was east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
Wichita, Derby, Newton, Andover, Haysville, Park City, Valley Center,
Bel Aire, Goddard, Hesston, Maize, Clearwater, Cheney, Halstead,
North Newton, Sedgwick, Towanda, Colwich, Peabody and Benton.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 0 and 42.
Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 34 and 63.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3745 9815 3773 9793 3817 9746 3817 9737
3825 9737 3824 9685 3772 9702 3748 9733
TIME...MOT...LOC 0447Z 270DEG 38KT 3820 9733 3772 9754 3740 9799
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 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, 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 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.