Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Wichita, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 1:04 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N South Haven, KS | LARGE 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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
$$
LAUGEMAN2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KICT 150608
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
108 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012
KSC191-150615-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-120615T0615Z/
SUMNER KS-
108 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
SUMNER COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM CDT...
AT 103 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GEUDA
SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR TREE DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3722 9744 3731 9715 3701 9715 3700 9742
TIME...MOT...LOC 0608Z 285DEG 25KT 3709 9720
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
DARMOFAL714 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Lincoln, Russell | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 9:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton, Lincoln | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice, Saline | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 10:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman, McPherson, Marion, Reno | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harper, Sedgwick, Sumner | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 11:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Greenwood, Sedgwick, Sumner | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 1:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk, Wilson, Woodson | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 1:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 1:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 2:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 32 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.