Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2012, 5:46 PM CDT for Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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 13, 2012, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Rawlins County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 13, 6:19 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Atwood, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1253 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
243 WUUS53 KGLD 132246 SVRGLD KSC153-132330- /O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0071.120613T2246Z-120613T2330Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 546 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 545 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 SOUTH OF ATWOOD...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LUDELL. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 62. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 3990 10090 3964 10076 3962 10104 3977 10113 TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 251DEG 9KT 3971 10100 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ FOLTZ
2 follow-up statements
002
WWUS53 KGLD 132301
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
501 PM MDT WED JUN 13 2012
KSC153-132330-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120613T2330Z/
RAWLINS KS-
601 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
RAWLINS COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ATWOOD...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LUDELL.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 62.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3964 10097 3969 10100 3969 10105 3977 10113
3990 10090 3964 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 251DEG 9KT 3972 10095
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
FOLTZ983
WWUS53 KGLD 132317
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
617 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012
KSC153-132330-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120613T2330Z/
RAWLINS KS-
617 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
RAWLINS COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF ATWOOD TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
LUDELL...AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATWOOD AND LUDELL.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 62.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3969 10100 3969 10105 3977 10113 3990 10090
3973 10081
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 234DEG 9KT 3978 10092
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
FOLTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 6:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 76 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.