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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

August 13, 2021Labette County, Montgomery County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2021, 8:15 AM CDT for Labette County, Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 13, 2021, 8:15 AM CDT (13:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 30

Counties Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 592 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 13, 5:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 5:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 3:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
346 AM CDT Fri Aug 13 2021

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-140900-
Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion-Chase-
Reno-Harvey-Butler-Greenwood-Woodson-Allen-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper-
Sumner-Cowley-Elk-Wilson-Neosho-Chautauqua-Montgomery-Labette-
346 AM CDT Fri Aug 13 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas,
South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Scattered storms will affect much of the area today. The strongest
thunderstorms could produce nickel size hail, wind gusts up to 55
mph, and locally heavy rainfall with some flooding will be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

A continued risk of scattered thunderstorms is possible for Saturday
and Sunday. The strongest thunderstorms could produce dime size
hail and wind gusts up to 60 mph. Intense rainfall rates and minor
flooding may occur as well.

Thunderstorms will again become a possibility for much of next week.
Intensity and areal coverage of this activity is question at this
time. At this time, severe weather does not look likely but this
could change as new model runs come in. Stay tuned for updates.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated today or tonight.

&&

For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at:
https://weather.gov/crh/ghwo?sid=ict

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 13, 6:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 13, 7:38 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 13, 8:07 AM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 13, 8:08 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 13, 8:09 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 13, 8:15 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 12, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	48 min
Aug 12, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	38 min
Aug 12, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	39 min
Aug 12, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	37 min
Aug 12, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	44 min
Aug 12, 8:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	41 min
Aug 12, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	34 min
Aug 12, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	31 min
Aug 12, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	34 min
Aug 12, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	29 min
Aug 12, 10:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	34 min
Aug 12, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	28 min
Aug 12, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	27 min
Aug 12, 10:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Rice	5 hr
Aug 12, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	27 min
Aug 12, 11:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	26 min
Aug 12, 11:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	25 min
Aug 13, 12:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	5 hr
Aug 13, 2:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	23 min
Aug 13, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	33 min
Aug 13, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	29 min
Aug 13, 3:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	33 min
Aug 13, 4:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Marion	5 hr
Aug 13, 4:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	30 min
Aug 13, 5:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	29 min
Aug 13, 6:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Wilson, Woodson	4 hr
Aug 13, 7:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	37 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.