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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

September 2, 2021Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Sep 2, 2021, 1:23 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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: Sep 2, 2021, 1:23 PM CDT (18:23 UTC)
Expired: Sep 2, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 713 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1170 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.0

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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 Sep 2, 6:43 AM CDT, 6 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 6:43 AM CDT, 6 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 5:12 AM CDT, 8 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 2, 1:23 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
123 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021

KSZ033-048-021900-
Ellsworth KS-Lincoln KS-
123 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Lincoln and
northern Ellsworth Counties through 200 PM CDT...

At 123 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles north of Ellsworth, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
Ellsworth, Beverly, Westfall and Ellsworth Airport.

This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 210 and 235.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9831 3891 9845 3910 9793 3875 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 247DEG 38KT 3882 9827

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 2, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	33 min
Sep 2, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	36 min
Sep 2, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	21 min
Sep 2, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	27 min
Sep 2, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	37 min
Sep 2, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	29 min
Sep 2, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	35 min
Sep 2, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	33 min
Sep 2, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	31 min

Nearby

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Sources

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