Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2012, 8:45 PM MDT for Greeley County, Logan County, Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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
- May 26, 2012, 8:45 PM MDT (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2012, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Wallace County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:45 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 10 S Sharon Springs, KS | DIME SIZED HAIL ALSO REPORTED. |
| May 26, 8:45 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 74 | 7 Sw Sharon Springs, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 6327 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
422
WUUS53 KGLD 270245
SVRGLD
KSC071-109-199-270315-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0039.120527T0245Z-120527T0315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
845 PM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
EASTERN WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 915 PM MDT/1015 PM CDT/
* AT 840 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12
MILES SOUTH OF SHARON SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHARON SPRINGS AND WALLACE.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125 AND 156.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3871 10192 3913 10176 3914 10165 3911 10138
3864 10159
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 200DEG 44KT 3878 10173
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$
JRM1 follow-up statement
428
WWUS53 KGLD 270307
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
907 PM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012
KSC071-270317-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120527T0315Z/
GREELEY KS-
907 PM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3891 10184 3913 10176 3914 10161 3911 10138
3874 10155
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 200DEG 44KT 3903 10161
$$
KSC109-199-270315-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120527T0315Z/
LOGAN KS-WALLACE KS-
907 PM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
WALLACE AND NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM MDT/1015 PM
CDT/...
AT 903 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALLACE...AND
WAS MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN WALLACE AND NORTHWESTERN LOGAN
COUNTIES.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 138 AND 156.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3891 10184 3913 10176 3914 10161 3911 10138
3874 10155
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 200DEG 44KT 3903 10161
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <1.00IN
$$
JRMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 34 min |
| May 26, 8:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 34 min |
| May 26, 8:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 50 min |
| May 26, 9:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 42 min |
| May 27, 3:30 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | GLD | Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace and 1 more | 9 hr |
| May 27, 3:35 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 4 more | 17 hr |
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.