Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2012, 6:07 PM CDT for Harper County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2012, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Harper County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KICT 292307
SVRICT
KSC077-292345-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0113.120529T2307Z-120529T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
607 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 601 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MANCHESTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
ANTHONY...BLUFF CITY...FREEPORT AND DANVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3708 9821 3738 9781 3717 9780 3700 9780
3699 9814
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 234DEG 16KT 3706 9805
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
BILLINGS3 follow-up statements
036
WWUS53 KICT 292322
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
622 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012
KSC077-292345-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120529T2345Z/
HARPER KS-
622 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
HARPER COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 620 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUFF CITY...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLUFF CITY...FREEPORT AND DANVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3708 9821 3738 9781 3717 9780 3700 9780
3699 9814
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 244DEG 26KT 3710 9790
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
BILLINGS335
WWUS53 KICT 292328
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
628 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012
KSC077-292345-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120529T2345Z/
HARPER KS-
628 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
HARPER COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 625 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUFF CITY...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
FREEPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3722 9802 3726 9781 3700 9780 3700 9801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 244DEG 26KT 3712 9785
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
BILLINGS013 WWUS53 KICT 292336 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 636 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012 KSC077-292346- /O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120529T2345Z/ HARPER KS- 636 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARPER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3722 9802 3726 9781 3700 9780 3700 9801 TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 244DEG 26KT 3714 9778 $$ BILLINGS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 48 min |
| May 28, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 33 min |
| May 28, 10:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 36 min |
| May 28, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 48 min |
| May 28, 10:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 23 min |
| May 28, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 30 min |
| May 28, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 24 min |
| May 29, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 28 min |
| May 29, 12:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 28 min |
| May 29, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.