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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

June 8, 2022Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2022, 2:08 AM 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
Jun 8, 2022, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2022, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
40

County Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 205 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2022-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 972 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2022-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
972 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

As transmitted.

085 
WWUS83 KICT 080708
SPSICT

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
208 AM CDT Wed Jun 8 2022
 
KSZ033-080745-
Lincoln KS-
208 AM CDT Wed Jun 8 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Lincoln
County through 245 AM CDT...

At 208 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Beverly, or near Lincoln, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 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...
Lincoln and Beverly. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

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

&&

LAT...LON 3919 9793 3895 9793 3896 9814 3915 9813
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 269DEG 27KT 3905 9804 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

KLEINSASSER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln, Russell90 min
Jun 7, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Russell, Saline58 min
Jun 7, 11:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth, Saline47 min
Jun 8, 12:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline37 min
Jun 8, 12:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson, Marion32 min
Jun 8, 1:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase, Marion34 min
Jun 8, 1:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase, Greenwood36 min
Jun 8, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln23 min
Jun 8, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln20 min
Jun 8, 2:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline28 min
Jun 8, 3:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline21 min
Jun 8, 6:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase45 min

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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.