Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2012, 5:05 AM CDT for Harper County, Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2012, 5:05 AM CDT (10:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2012, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 877 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
445 WUUS53 KICT 191005 SVRICT KSC077-095-191030- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0019.120319T1005Z-120319T1030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 505 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 530 AM CDT * AT 459 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PENALOSA TO WALDRON...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ANTHONY...HARPER...BLUFF CITY...NORWICH...RAGO...RUNNYMEDE... MURDOCK...DANVILLE...FREEPORT AND MT VERNON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3700 9834 3773 9834 3774 9781 3700 9781 TIME...MOT...LOC 1005Z 259DEG 52KT 3773 9813 3691 9807 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN $$
2 follow-up statements
368 WWUS53 KICT 191021 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 521 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 KSC077-095-191030- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120319T1030Z/ KINGMAN KS-HARPER KS- 521 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HARPER AND KINGMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT... AT 519 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KINGMAN TO JUST WEST OF BLUFF CITY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3700 9834 3773 9834 3774 9781 3700 9781 TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 259DEG 52KT 3777 9786 3695 9780 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN $$ DARMOFAL
491 WWUS53 KICT 191029 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 529 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 KSC077-095-191039- /O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120319T1030Z/ KINGMAN KS-HARPER KS- 529 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HARPER AND KINGMAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 AM CDT... THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL. LAT...LON 3700 9834 3773 9834 3774 9781 3700 9781 TIME...MOT...LOC 1029Z 259DEG 52KT 3779 9770 3697 9764 $$ DARMOFAL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Reno | 25 min |
| Mar 19, 5:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth, Reno, Rice, Russell, Sumner | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 5:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Sedgwick, Sumner | 34 min |
| Mar 19, 6:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Marion | 23 min |
| Mar 19, 6:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Chase, Cowley, Marion | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 7:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase, Elk, Greenwood | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.