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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2012, 7:08 PM CDT for Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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
- Mar 28, 2012, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Miami County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1400 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
418 WUUS53 KEAX 290008 SVREAX KSC121-290030- /O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0013.120329T0008Z-120329T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 708 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PAOLA...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LOUISBURG AND NEW LANCASTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3847 9489 3856 9493 3868 9461 3845 9462 TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 258DEG 13KT 3852 9484 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ CUTTER
1 follow-up statement
497 WWUS53 KEAX 290027 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 727 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 KSC121-290037- /O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120329T0030Z/ MIAMI KS- 727 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MIAMI COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. LAT...LON 3847 9489 3856 9493 3868 9461 3845 9462 TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 258DEG 13KT 3853 9475 $$ CUTTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Leavenworth | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Leavenworth | 44 min |
Nearby
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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.