Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2012, 7:55 PM CDT for Phillips County, Rooks County, Smith County, Kansas; Franklin County, Harlan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 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
- Apr 14, 2012, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Franklin County, NE, Harlan County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 5 E Phillipsburg, KS | |
| Apr 14, 8:33 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 7 S Phillipsburg, KS | |
| Apr 14, 8:41 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 E Phillipsburg, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 14, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 2712 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 445 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.0
- Supercell composite
- 30.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
360 WUUS53 KGID 150055 SVRGID KSC147-163-183-NEC061-083-150145- /O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0040.120415T0055Z-120415T0145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 755 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHERN ROOKS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... SOUTHEASTERN HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 754 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF STOCKTON...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF PHILLIPSBURG...AND MOVING NORTH AT 65 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PHILLIPSBURG...SPEED...GLADE...KIRWIN...AGRA...HARLAN COUNTY DAM... NAPONEE...REPUBLICAN CITY...BLOOMINGTON AND HUNTLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 4025 9932 4020 9893 3942 9917 3947 9951 TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 192DEG 55KT 3954 9933 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ HEINLEIN
1 follow-up statement
115 WWUS53 KGID 150112 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 812 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 KSC147-163-183-NEC061-083-150145- /O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-120415T0145Z/ SMITH KS-ROOKS KS-PHILLIPS KS-FRANKLIN NE-HARLAN NE- 812 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARLAN...SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN...EASTERN PHILLIPS...NORTHERN ROOKS AND NORTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLADE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AGRA...HARLAN COUNTY DAM...REPUBLICAN CITY...NAPONEE...BLOOMINGTON AND HUNTLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 4025 9932 4020 9893 3942 9917 3947 9951 TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 202DEG 51KT 3973 9921 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ HEINLEIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 9:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith | 8 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 4:10 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 24 hr |
| Apr 14, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall | 22 min |
| Apr 14, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Howard, Merrick | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Franklin, Hall, Harlan, Kearney | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 19 min |
| Apr 14, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nuckolls, Thayer | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Hamilton, Polk, York | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Howard, Nance | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Fillmore, Nuckolls | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Webster | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Polk, York | 39 min |
| Apr 14, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, York | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Franklin, Kearney, Phelps | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 11:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Buffalo, Hall, Kearney | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Adams, Hall, Howard, Kearney, Merrick, Nance | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 12:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 1:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 11:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Valley | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 12:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Valley | 39 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.