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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

October 27, 2021Chase County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 27, 2021, 2:54 AM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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 27, 2021, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
Expired: Oct 27, 2021, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 40

County Chase County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 432 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 450 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 Oct 26, 11:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 11:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 27, 12:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 26, 9:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
959 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

KSZ067-082-091-270345-
Reno KS-Harper KS-Kingman KS-
959 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of western Reno, Harper
and Kingman Counties through 1045 PM CDT...

At 958 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Cunningham to near Hazelton. Movement was
northeast at 50 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...
Kingman, Anthony, Harper, Pretty Prairie, Attica, Norwich, Arlington,
Cunningham, Turon, Partridge, Sylvia, Plevna, Abbyville, Nashville,
Murdock, Waterloo, Willowdale, Zenda, Spivey and Bluff City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for south central
Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9835 3738 9835 3739 9846 3799 9847
      3809 9800 3772 9782 3700 9780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 235DEG 41KT 3768 9849 3705 9842

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

MCGUIRE

Special weather statement, Oct 26, 11:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1118 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

KSZ067-082-083-270445-
Reno KS-Sedgwick KS-Kingman KS-
1118 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Reno,
southwestern Sedgwick and northeastern Kingman Counties through 1145
PM CDT...

At 1118 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Norwich, or 8 miles southwest of Cheney, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 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...
Goddard, Cheney, Garden Plain, Norwich, Murdock, Lake Afton, Cheney
Lake, Mt Vernon and Cheney State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for south central
Kansas.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for
south central Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3751 9799 3784 9778 3770 9749 3747 9775
      3747 9781 3742 9781 3741 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 217DEG 42KT 3752 9784

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

MCGUIRE

Special weather statement, Oct 27, 2:54 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
Oct 26, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Reno	46 min
Oct 26, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	46 min
Oct 26, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	27 min
Oct 27, 3:34 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	42 hr

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.