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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2012, 6:34 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 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 25, 2012, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Russell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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 25, 6:48 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 S Gorham, KS | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS TORNADO AT THE LOCATION INDICATED. |
| May 25, 7:15 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 S Russell, KS | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS A FUNNEL CLOUD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 568 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 982 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
133
WUUS53 KICT 252334
SVRICT
KSC167-260030-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0101.120525T2334Z-120526T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
634 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 632 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VICTORIA...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. TREE BRANCHES UP
TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN. POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE
TO SHINGLE ROOFS AND METAL OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSSELL...GORHAM...PARADISE...BUNKER HILL...RUSSELL AIRPORT AND
WALDO.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 194.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 9904 3914 9874 3877 9866 3874 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 236DEG 23KT 3887 9912
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 48 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.