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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Wichita, KS

June 5, 20224 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2022, 12:36 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2022, 12:36 AM CDT (05:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2022, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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: 2806 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 9.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 4, 11:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 11:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 11:46 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1146 PM CDT Sat Jun 4 2022

KSZ032-033-048-050530-
Ellsworth KS-Russell KS-Lincoln KS-
1146 PM CDT Sat Jun 4 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of western Lincoln,
northwestern Ellsworth and Russell Counties through 1230 AM CDT...

At 1146 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northwest of Luray, or 22 miles north of Russell, moving
southeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel 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...
Russell, Wilson, Lucas, Gorham, Sylvan Grove, Luray, Dorrance, Bunker
Hill, Paradise, Waldo, Ash Grove, Russell Airport, Wilson State Park
and Wilson Lake.

This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 175 and 220.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for
central Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3922 9826 3885 9820 3876 9845 3872 9904
      3913 9904 3913 9849 3922 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 314DEG 33KT 3921 9876

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

CARUSO

Local storm report, Jun 5, 12:29 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1229 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1213 AM     TSTM WND GST     RUSSELL AIRPORT         38.87N 98.82W
06/05/2022  M58 MPH          RUSSELL            KS   ASOS

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ADK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 11:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	44 min
Jun 5, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	59 min
Jun 5, 12:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, McPherson, Marion, Saline	9 hr
Jun 5, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Saline	40 min
Jun 5, 1:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	8 hr
Jun 5, 2:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	25 min
Jun 5, 2:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	63 min
Jun 5, 2:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	43 min
Jun 5, 3:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Kingman	21 min
Jun 5, 3:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper, Sedgwick, Sumner	24 min
Jun 5, 4:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	27 min
Jun 5, 4:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Harper, Sumner	34 min
Jun 5, 5:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	24 min
Jun 5, 5:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson	29 min
Jun 5, 5:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	27 min
Jun 5, 8:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Lyon	36 hr
Jun 5, 8:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	48 hr
Jun 5, 8:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	22 hr
Jun 5, 8:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	12 hr
Jun 5, 8:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	48 min
Jun 5, 12:13 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 19 more	16 hr
Jun 5, 2:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	30 hr
Jun 5, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	42 min
Jun 5, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	61 min
Jun 5, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	29 min
Jun 5, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	62 min
Jun 5, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	41 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.