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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Wichita, KS

May 29, 2012Harper County, Kansas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC12 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2012-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 240 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2012-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

279 
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

$$

BILLINGS
3 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

$$

BILLINGS
335 
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

$$

BILLINGS
013 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette48 min
May 28, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua33 min
May 28, 10:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua36 min
May 28, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua48 min
May 28, 10:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery23 min
May 28, 11:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette30 min
May 28, 11:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery24 min
May 29, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery28 min
May 29, 12:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette28 min
May 29, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper34 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.