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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2024, 6:00 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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
- Aug 26, 2024, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2024, 6:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Barton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 6:04 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ese Great Bend, KS | power lines downed. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1914 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
336
WUUS53 KICT 262300
SVRICT
KSC009-262345-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0310.240826T2300Z-240826T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
600 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2024
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Barton County in central Kansas...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 600 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located just
southeast of Great Bend, moving north at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Great Bend, Great Bend Airport, and Cheyenne Bottoms.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3848 9884 3849 9871 3848 9858 3826 9862
3826 9884 3835 9886
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 183DEG 6KT 3831 9872
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
DARMOFAL2 follow-up statements
050
WWUS53 KICT 262320
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
620 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2024
KSC009-262345-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-240826T2345Z/
Barton KS-
620 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2024
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY...
At 619 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Great Bend,
moving north at 10 mph.
HAZARD...up to 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Great Bend, Great Bend Airport, and Cheyenne Bottoms.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3848 9884 3849 9871 3848 9858 3826 9862
3826 9884 3835 9886
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 178DEG 10KT 3834 9874
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
DARMOFAL980
WWUS53 KICT 262325
SVSICT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
625 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2024
KSC009-262335-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-240826T2345Z/
Barton KS-
625 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2024
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN 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. However, gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
&&
LAT...LON 3848 9884 3849 9871 3848 9858 3826 9862
3826 9884 3835 9886
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 183DEG 6KT 3835 9874
$$
DARMOFALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 4:07 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 16 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 33 min |
| Aug 26, 6:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton | 83 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.