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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Wichita, KS

June 13, 2024Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2024, 6:42 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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 13, 2024, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2024, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 13, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 894 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -455 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2227 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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 13, 6:26 PM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 6:26 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 2:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
225 PM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-141930-
Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion-Chase-
Reno-Harvey-Butler-Greenwood-Woodson-Allen-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper-
Sumner-Cowley-Elk-Wilson-Neosho-Chautauqua-Montgomery-Labette-
225 PM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas,
South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Dangerous heat indices up to 106 degrees will continue this
afternoon and early evening. See latest heat advisory for additional
details.

Scattered storms are expected after 4 pm for locations mainly along
and north of Highway 50. The strongest activity will be capable of
producing hail up to ping-pong ball size and damaging winds up to
70
mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Thunderstorms are forecast for Friday night through Saturday night.
A few strong to severe storms and locally heavy rainfall are
possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated this afternoon or tonight.

&&

For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at:
https://www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=ict

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
521 PM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024

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

0520 PM     Hail             1 NW Galatia            38.65N 98.98W
06/13/2024  M0.70 Inch       Barton             KS   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Pea to dime size.

&&

JAS

Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 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
Jun 13, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	53 min
Jun 13, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	65 min
Jun 13, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	55 min
Jun 13, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	28 min
Jun 13, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	31 min
Jun 13, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	30 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.