Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT for Doniphan County, Kansas; Buchanan County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 min. 3 reports 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
- Jun 30, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2012, 8:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Doniphan County, KS, Buchanan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:31 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | St. Joseph, MO | AT 16TH AND MESSANIE. |
| Jun 30, 8:36 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 E St. Joseph, MO | QUARTER SIZED HAIL ON HIGHWAY 36. |
| Jun 30, 8:42 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | St. Joseph, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 2504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
573
WUUS53 KEAX 010130
SVREAX
KSC043-MOC021-010200-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0079.120701T0130Z-120701T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
830 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
NORTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 828 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST.
JOSEPH...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 51.
I-229 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 10.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3982 9492 3982 9485 3982 9466 3969 9464
3966 9500
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 267DEG 7KT 3976 9483
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
HAWBLITZEL2 follow-up statements
333
WWUS53 KEAX 010143
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
843 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012
KSC043-010152-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-120701T0200Z/
DONIPHAN KS-
843 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DONIPHAN COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3973 9488 3975 9486 3977 9486 3977 9488
3982 9487 3982 9466 3969 9464 3968 9489
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 274DEG 9KT 3975 9473
$$
MOC021-010200-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-120701T0200Z/
BUCHANAN MO-
843 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
BUCHANAN COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT...
AT 841 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF ST.
JOSEPH...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
AT 831 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN
ST. JOSEPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 51.
I-229 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 9.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3973 9488 3975 9486 3977 9486 3977 9488
3982 9487 3982 9466 3969 9464 3968 9489
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 274DEG 9KT 3975 9473
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
HAWBLITZEL895
WWUS53 KEAX 010155
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
855 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012
MOC021-010205-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-120701T0200Z/
BUCHANAN MO-
855 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS. GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3973 9488 3975 9486 3977 9486 3977 9488
3982 9487 3982 9466 3969 9464 3968 9489
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 267DEG 7KT 3976 9477
$$
HAWBLITZELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Atchison | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 9:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth | 22 min |
| Jun 30, 8:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Buchanan | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Holt | 27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.