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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 2022, 8:13 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2022, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2022, 9:07 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Barton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 8:27 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Pawnee Rock, KS | BARTON COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT RELAYED A 3RD PARTY REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL NEAR PAWNEE ROCK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 2 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 12.2
The text
As transmitted.
830
WUUS53 KICT 220113
SVRICT
KSC009-220230-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0021.220422T0113Z-220422T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
813 PM CDT Thu Apr 21 2022
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Barton County in central Kansas...
* Until 930 PM CDT.
* At 813 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Larned,
moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Great Bend, Pawnee Rock, Albert, Olmitz, Great Bend Airport and
Cheyenne Bottoms.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for central
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for central
Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3860 9903 3846 9867 3826 9881 3826 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 212DEG 20KT 3823 9909
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
JAKUB3 follow-up statements
334
WWUS53 KICT 220138
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
838 PM CDT Thu Apr 21 2022
KSC009-220230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220422T0230Z/
Barton KS-
838 PM CDT Thu Apr 21 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY...
At 838 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles north of
Pawnee Rock, or 9 miles southeast of Shaffer, moving northeast at 20
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Great Bend, Pawnee Rock, Albert, Olmitz and Great Bend Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for central
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3860 9903 3846 9867 3826 9890 3826 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 210DEG 18KT 3835 9902
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
JAKUB813
WWUS53 KICT 220152
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
852 PM CDT Thu Apr 21 2022
KSC009-220230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220422T0230Z/
Barton KS-
852 PM CDT Thu Apr 21 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY...
At 852 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Albert, or near
Shaffer, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Great Bend, Albert, Olmitz and Great Bend Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for central
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3860 9903 3846 9867 3832 9884 3837 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 204DEG 20KT 3843 9900
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
JAKUB961
WWUS53 KICT 220207
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
907 PM CDT Thu Apr 21 2022
KSC009-220215-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220422T0230Z/
Barton KS-
907 PM CDT Thu Apr 21 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for central
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3860 9903 3846 9867 3832 9884 3837 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 212DEG 20KT 3850 9895
$$
JAKUBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 3:04 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Russell and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:05 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell | 13 hr |
| Apr 22, 4:29 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 27 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.