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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS

May 12, 2010Harper County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2010, 4:06 PM CDT for Harper County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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
May 12, 2010, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2010, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Harper County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 12, 2:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2010-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2005 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2010-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 406 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2005 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-234 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
388 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

025 
WFUS53 KICT 122106
TORICT
KSC077-122130-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0013.100512T2106Z-100512T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
406 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAZELTON...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF MEDICINE LODGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ANTHONY...ATTICA AND CRYSTAL SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3735 9836 3738 9833 3738 9820 3738 9809
      3714 9797 3710 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 248DEG 35KT 3716 9834

$$

BILLINGS
2 follow-up statements
446 
WWUS53 KICT 122116
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
416 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010

KSC077-122130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100512T2130Z/
HARPER KS-
416 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN HARPER COUNTY
UNTIL 430 PM CDT...

AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF ATTICA...OR 15 MILES EAST OF
MEDICINE LODGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ANTHONY...ATTICA AND CRYSTAL SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3735 9836 3738 9833 3738 9820 3738 9809
      3714 9797 3710 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 231DEG 27KT 3724 9828

$$

JAKUB
336 
WWUS53 KICT 122124
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
424 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010

KSC077-122130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100512T2130Z/
HARPER KS-
424 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN HARPER COUNTY
UNTIL 430 PM CDT...

AT 421 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ATTICA...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
ANTHONY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW STRONG 
ROTATION IN THE STORM AND COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ANTHONY AND CRYSTAL SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3717 9831 3733 9834 3738 9820 3738 9809
      3714 9797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 235DEG 26KT 3727 9822

$$

JAKUB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho39 min
May 12, 12:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTNeosho100 min
May 12, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Reno, Rice46 min
May 12, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno66 min
May 12, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Rice54 min
May 12, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarvey, McPherson, Reno37 min
May 12, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman, Reno36 min
May 12, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMcPherson33 min
May 12, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningICTReno27 min
May 12, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman16 min
May 12, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMcPherson, Marion, Saline32 min
May 12, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Reno, Sedgwick45 min
May 12, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarvey, Reno, Sedgwick36 min
May 12, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarper, Kingman47 min
May 12, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper65 min
May 12, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMarion17 min
May 12, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner60 min
May 12, 5:08 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTHarper, Kingman5 hr
May 12, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner42 min
May 12, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Sedgwick66 min
May 12, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Marion34 min
May 12, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase36 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.