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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Wichita, KS

June 15, 2012Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2012, 12:47 AM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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 15, 2012, 12:47 AM CDT (05:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2012, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:48 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 1:04 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 N South Haven, KSLARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNED NEAR HIGHWAY 81 AND HIGHWAY 166 INTERSECTION.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4124 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
4124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
17.7

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The text

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

012 
WUUS53 KICT 150547
SVRICT
KSC191-150615-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0147.120615T0547Z-120615T0615Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1247 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1244 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF WELLINGTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...MINOR TREE DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
           BROKEN.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SOUTH HAVEN AND HUNNEWELL.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3722 9744 3731 9715 3701 9715 3700 9742
TIME...MOT...LOC 0547Z 320DEG 22KT 3720 9728

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

LAUGEMAN
2 follow-up statements
573 
WWUS53 KICT 150608
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
108 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012

KSC191-150615-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-120615T0615Z/
SUMNER KS-
108 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
SUMNER COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM CDT...

AT 103 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GEUDA
SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...MINOR TREE DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
         BROKEN.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3722 9744 3731 9715 3701 9715 3700 9742
TIME...MOT...LOC 0608Z 285DEG 25KT 3709 9720

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

DARMOFAL
714 
WWUS53 KICT 150618 RRA
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
118 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012

KSC191-150628-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-120615T0615Z/
SUMNER KS-
118 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3722 9744 3731 9715 3701 9715 3700 9742
TIME...MOT...LOC 0608Z 285DEG 25KT 3709 9720

$$

DARMOFAL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell53 min
Jun 14, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Lincoln, Russell60 min
Jun 14, 9:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton, Lincoln54 min
Jun 14, 9:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice, Saline41 min
Jun 14, 10:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman, McPherson, Marion, Reno40 min
Jun 14, 10:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Chase, Harper, Sedgwick, Sumner56 min
Jun 14, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Greenwood, Sedgwick, Sumner59 min
Jun 15, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Elk, Greenwood32 min
Jun 15, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley32 min
Jun 15, 1:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk, Wilson, Woodson33 min
Jun 15, 1:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua41 min
Jun 15, 1:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson48 min
Jun 15, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson51 min
Jun 15, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery32 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.