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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Wichita, KS

June 20, 2012Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2012, 5:34 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min. 7 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 20, 2012, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 5:40 PM CDTHAIL 1.54 N Gorham, KSPING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY THE NSSL SHAVE PROJECT.
Jun 20, 5:40 PM CDTHAIL 1.54 N Gorham, KSPING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY THE NSSL SHAVE PROJECT.
Jun 20, 5:55 PM CDTHAIL 0.888 Nnw Russell, KS
Jun 20, 6:00 PM CDTHAIL 0.752 E Gorham, KS
Jun 20, 6:06 PM CDTHAIL 1.25Russell, KS
Jun 20, 6:17 PM CDTHAIL 2Russell, KS
Jun 20, 6:20 PM CDTHAIL 1.251 S Russell, KSTRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL LASTING FOR 20 MINUTES AND MIXED WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1488 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 308 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1488 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-401 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
308 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
400 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

627 
WUUS53 KICT 202234
SVRICT
KSC167-202330-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0155.120620T2234Z-120620T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
534 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 529 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GORHAM...AND
  MOVING EAST 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...
  RUSSELL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 185.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3906 9904 3912 9877 3888 9871 3884 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 253DEG 17KT 3896 9901

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

CARUSO
2 follow-up statements
864 
WWUS53 KICT 202243
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
543 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

KSC167-202330-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-120620T2330Z/
RUSSELL KS-
543 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 538 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF GORHAM...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG 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...
RUSSELL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 185.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3906 9904 3912 9877 3888 9871 3884 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 266DEG 15KT 3895 9896

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

CARUSO
228 
WWUS53 KICT 202256
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
556 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

KSC167-202330-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-120620T2330Z/
RUSSELL KS-
556 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 553 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GORHAM...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG 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...
RUSSELL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 185.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3906 9904 3912 9877 3888 9871 3884 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 300DEG 11KT 3890 9894

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

CARUSO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell49 min
Jun 20, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell51 min
Jun 20, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell48 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.