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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

October 13, 2021Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2021, 12:21 AM CDT for Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 69 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: Oct 13, 2021, 12:21 AM CDT (05:21 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2021, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 55

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 441 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -298 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 383 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 374 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

204 
WWUS83 KICT 130521
SPSICT

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1221 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021
 
KSZ033-048-130630-
Ellsworth KS-Lincoln KS-
1221 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Lincoln and Ellsworth
Counties through 130 AM CDT...

At 1220 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles northeast of Luray to near Dorrance to
6 miles south of Great Bend. Movement was east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny 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, Wilson, Kanopolis, Lincoln, Holyrood, Sylvan Grove,
Geneseo, Beverly, Lorraine, Barnard, Ash Grove, Westfall, Ellsworth
Airport, Kanopolis Lake and Kanopolis State Park.

This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 206 and 235.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for central
Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3922 9793 3852 9792 3852 9848 3922 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 258DEG 28KT 3922 9859 3881 9855 3827 9881 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

$$

Martin

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 12, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Barton, Russell	70 min
Oct 13, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Reno, Rice	60 min
Oct 13, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson, Saline	81 min
Oct 13, 1:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Kingman	54 min
Oct 13, 2:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	60 min
Oct 13, 2:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick, Sumner	80 min
Oct 13, 3:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	76 min
Oct 13, 3:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	67 min
Oct 13, 4:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	52 min
Oct 13, 4:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	57 min
Oct 13, 4:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	70 min
Oct 13, 4:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	36 min
Oct 13, 5:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	31 min
Oct 13, 5:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson and 1 more	61 min
Oct 13, 7:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho	30 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.