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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Wichita, KS

July 25, 2012Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2012, 5:28 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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: Jul 25, 2012, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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
Jul 25, 5:34 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	7 N Russell, KS

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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 131 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -343 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2313 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

146 
WUUS53 KICT 252228
SVRICT
KSC167-252300-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0166.120725T2228Z-120725T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
528 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 524 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSSELL...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 10 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...
  BUNKER HILL AND DORRANCE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 183 AND 200.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3912 9874 3880 9853 3874 9879 3896 9898
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 258DEG 10KT 3888 9882

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

$$

LAUGEMAN

2 follow-up statements

205 
WWUS53 KICT 252247
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
547 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

KSC167-252300-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-120725T2300Z/
RUSSELL KS-
547 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 541 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSSELL...AND
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED AT THE 
RUSSELL AIRPORT.

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

IN ADDITION...60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH ANOTHER STORM A FEW 
MILES NORTH OF RUSSELL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUNKER HILL AND DORRANCE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 183 AND 200.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3912 9874 3880 9853 3874 9879 3896 9898
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 258DEG 10KT 3889 9876

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

$$

MCGUIRE

936 
WWUS53 KICT 252254
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
554 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

KSC167-252305-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-120725T2300Z/
RUSSELL KS-
554 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3912 9874 3880 9853 3874 9879 3896 9898
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 258DEG 10KT 3890 9872

$$

MCGUIRE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	29 min
Jul 25, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	33 min
Jul 25, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	36 min
Jul 25, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	34 min
Jul 25, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	34 min
Jul 25, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	31 min
Jul 25, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	35 min
Jul 25, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	32 min
Jul 25, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	25 min
Jul 25, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Greenwood	36 min
Jul 25, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	32 min
Jul 25, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	27 min
Jul 25, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	36 min
Jul 25, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	27 min
Jul 25, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	33 min
Jul 25, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	30 min
Jul 25, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	26 min
Jul 25, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	40 min
Jul 25, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	24 min
Jul 25, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Russell	47 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.