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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Wichita, KS

June 10, 2012McPherson County, Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2012, 7:49 PM CDT for McPherson County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 3 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: Jun 10, 2012, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 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
Jun 10, 8:01 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Hutchinson, KS
Jun 10, 8:01 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	2 Nnw Hutchinson, KS	GOLF BALL HAIL NEAR 30TH AVENUE AND PLUM STREET.
Jun 10, 8:06 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	Hutchinson, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 12 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2705 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 17.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

920 
WUUS53 KICT 110049
SVRICT
KSC113-155-110130-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0141.120611T0049Z-120611T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
749 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 745 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR 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...
  MCPHERSON...BUHLER...INMAN...GALVA AND MCPHERSON AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 67.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3844 9749 3817 9767 3817 9770 3813 9770
      3799 9779 3806 9800 3817 9796 3817 9792
      3826 9793 3852 9783
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 200DEG 17KT 3811 9786

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

ES

4 follow-up statements

789 
WWUS53 KICT 110059
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
759 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

KSC113-155-110130-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-120611T0130Z/
RENO KS-MCPHERSON KS-
759 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCPHERSON AND
NORTHEASTERN RENO COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 755 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUHLER...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR 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...
MCPHERSON...INMAN...GALVA AND MCPHERSON AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 67.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3844 9749 3817 9767 3817 9770 3813 9770
      3799 9779 3806 9800 3817 9796 3817 9792
      3826 9793 3852 9783
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 231DEG 15KT 3816 9779

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

ES

671 
WWUS53 KICT 110111
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
811 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

KSC113-155-110130-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-120611T0130Z/
RENO KS-MCPHERSON KS-
811 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCPHERSON AND
NORTHEASTERN RENO COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 809 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUHLER...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR 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...
MCPHERSON...BUHLER...INMAN...GALVA AND MCPHERSON AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 67.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3844 9749 3817 9767 3817 9770 3813 9770
      3799 9779 3806 9800 3817 9796 3817 9792
      3826 9793 3852 9783
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 231DEG 15KT 3810 9778

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

ES

545 
WWUS53 KICT 110118
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
818 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

KSC113-155-110130-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-120611T0130Z/
RENO KS-MCPHERSON KS-
818 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
MCPHERSON AND NORTHEASTERN RENO COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 814 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF GALVA TO HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE DAMAGE...
         WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GALVA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 63.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3844 9749 3817 9767 3817 9770 3813 9770
      3799 9779 3806 9800 3817 9796 3817 9792
      3825 9782 3840 9772
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 246DEG 17KT 3831 9756 3806 9780

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

LAWSON

846 
WWUS53 KICT 110126
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
826 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

KSC113-155-110136-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-120611T0130Z/
RENO KS-MCPHERSON KS-
826 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MCPHERSON AND
NORTHEASTERN RENO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

LAT...LON 3844 9749 3817 9767 3817 9770 3813 9770
      3799 9779 3806 9800 3817 9796 3817 9792
      3825 9782 3840 9772
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 246DEG 17KT 3833 9752 3808 9776

$$

LAWSON

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 10, 6:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 6:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
601 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

.AVIATION...00Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A SLOW MOVING
COLD FRONT TONIGHT. THIS ACTIVITY WILL AFFECT SOME OF THE
TERMINALS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATER TONIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO PREVAIL AWAY FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS...WITH PERIODS OF IFR/MVFR
CIGS AND VSBYS IN AND NEAR ANY STORMS. HOWEVER FOR NOW WILL
CONTINUE TO SHOW VCTS IN TAFS UNTIL TSRA BECOMES MORE IMMINENT
DUE TO THE SCATTERED NATURE OF THE EXPECTED CONVECTION. GUSTY
SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND BE OCCASIONALLY GUSTY
BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN AFTER SUNRISE
ON MONDAY.

KED

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 316 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012/

DISCUSSION...

FORECAST CONCERN REMAINS SEVERE POTENTIAL TONIGHT.

SYNOPSIS:
SHARP UPPER TROUGH CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM EASTERN MT DOWN TO THE
FOUR CORNERS REGION. AT THE SURFACE THE COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM
EASTERN NEBRASKA TO NEAR RUSSELL TO NEAR PRATT. BASED ON REGIONAL
88DS AND OBS THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME SEPARATION BETWEEN THE COLD
FRONT AND A PREFRONTAL TROUGH ACROSS SOUTHERN KS. VERY RICH LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE RESIDES OVER SOUTHERN/EASTERN KS AND OK WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S APPROACHING 70.

TONIGHT:
STORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT OVER
EASTERN NEBRASKA/NORTHEAST KS AROUND 4 PM AND FILL DOWN THE COLD
FRONT TOWARD CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KS AFTER 5 PM. CONFIDENCE IS
HIGH THAT ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS ALONG THIS FRONT WILL QUICKLY
BECOME SEVERE. THERE WILL BE A SMALL WINDOW BETWEEN INITIAL
DEVELOPMENT AND DARK FOR SOME BRIEF SPIN-UPS RIGHT ALONG THE FRONT
GIVEN STEEP 0-2KM LAPSE RATES AND SOME SURFACE VORTICITY ALONG THE
FRONT. AS THE EVENT UNFOLDS WOULD ALSO NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A
LINE SEGMENT/SMALL BOW DIVE ACROSS SE KS/SOUTHERN MO PRODUCING AN
ENHANCED WIND THREAT.

MON-TUE:
BY MON MORNING THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STRETCH FROM CENTRAL MO INTO
CENTRAL OK. EVEN WITH LACK OF DECENT CONVERGENCE ALONG THE
FRONT...FEEL A FEW STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE TURNPIKE ON
MON WITH A FEW MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. BY TUE THE BULK OF
THE MOISTURE WILL BE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA LIMITING PRECIP
CHANCES. THIS COLD FRONT WILL DO LITTLE TO LOWER TEMPS WITH NEAR OR
SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS STILL EXPECTED AREAWIDE FOR BOTH OF THESE
DAYS. HOWEVER THE NOTICEABLE CHANGE WILL BE WITH MUCH LOWER
DEWPOINTS WHICH WILL PROVIDE A MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE AIRMASS.

WED-SUN:
THERE IS SOME MODEL AGREEMENT FOR SOME FAST MOVING SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO
SLIDE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS ON TUE NIGHT INTO WED.
LACK OF A GOOD SURFACE FOCUS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN TIMING
AND LOCATION. HOWEVER WITH AN UNCAPPED AIRMASS FEEL THAT 850-700MB
WARM ADVECTION/ISENTROPIC LIFT MAYBE ENOUGH TO GENERATE SOME
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ON PRIMARILY WED. BY THU UPPER
TROUGHING WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN CONUS AND WILL
SLOWLY PUSH EAST AS THE WEEKEND APPROACHES. THERE IS SOME MODEL
DIFFERENCES WITH THE ECMWF MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH THE MOVEMENT OF
THIS FEATURE. FOR NOW NOT THAT EXCITED ABOUT PRECIP CHANCES AFTER
WED AS CAPPING WILL START TO BUILD INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
PLAINS. A GRADUAL WARMING TREND WILL BE IN PLACE INTO THE WEEKEND
WITH MOST OF THE AREA AROUND 90 BY SUN.

LAWSON

AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS LOCATED ALONG
A LINE FROM NEAR KRSL TO KGBD TO KGAG AT 18Z. BEHIND THIS
FRONT...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WNW AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KT
FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING. AS THIS FRONT REACHES
THE DEEPER MOISTURE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
BETWEEN 21-23Z SPREADING EASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SOME
OF THE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS
SOUTHERN/SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

MWM

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    65  87  62  86 /  50  20  10  10
HUTCHINSON      62  88  59  86 /  30  10  10  10
NEWTON          65  88  61  86 /  50  20  10  10
ELDORADO        68  87  61  85 /  50  30  10  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   70  87  63  86 /  50  40  10  10
RUSSELL         55  87  55  86 /  10  10  10  10
GREAT BEND      56  87  56  87 /  10  10  10  10
SALINA          60  89  56  86 /  30  10  10  10
MCPHERSON       62  88  59  86 /  30  10  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     72  86  62  84 /  50  50  20  10
CHANUTE         71  85  60  85 /  60  50  10  10
IOLA            70  85  60  86 /  60  50  10  10
PARSONS-KPPF    71  86  61  84 /  60  50  20  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 4:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
429 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-111245-
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-
SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
429 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD
FRONT BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM NEAR SALINA AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHWARD
TOWARDS HARPER COUNTY. THESE STORMS SHOULD GENERALLY BE IN THE FORM
OF A LINE MOVING SLOWLY EAST...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING GOLF BALL
SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS NEAR 70 MPH. HOWEVER OUTFLOW AND
BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS MAY SUPPORT A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO BEFORE
SUNSET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

STORMS WILL LINGER OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS ON MONDAY.
SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED IN THIS AREA.

A SMALL UPPER DISTURBANCE IS STILL BEING DEPICTED OVER THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN PLAINS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. WHILE A STRONG
STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH THIS ACTIVITY...WIDESPREAD SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

LAWSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	27 min
Jun 10, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick	57 min
Jun 10, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick	47 min
Jun 11, 6:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.