Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 2012, 10:45 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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
- Sep 25, 2012, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2012, 11:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:48 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 2150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
254
WUUS53 KICT 260345
SVRICT
KSC095-155-260430-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0192.120926T0345Z-120926T0430Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1045 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 1043 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRETTY
PRAIRIE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
HAVEN...MT VERNON...CHENEY LAKE AND YODER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3770 9808 3785 9812 3807 9770 3774 9770
3774 9781 3772 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0345Z 237DEG 18KT 3776 9796
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
DARMOFAL3 follow-up statements
041
WWUS53 KICT 260357
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1057 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
KSC095-155-260430-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-120926T0430Z/
RENO KS-KINGMAN KS-
1057 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
KINGMAN AND SOUTHEASTERN RENO COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...
AT 1053 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST
OF PRETTY PRAIRIE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAVEN...CHENEY LAKE AND YODER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3770 9808 3785 9812 3807 9770 3774 9770
3774 9781 3772 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 237DEG 18KT 3783 9789
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
KETCHAM094
WWUS53 KICT 260404
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1104 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
KSC095-260414-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-120926T0430Z/
KINGMAN KS-
1104 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3777 9800 3789 9804 3807 9770 3779 9770
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 237DEG 18KT 3785 9785
$$
KSC155-260430-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-120926T0430Z/
RENO KS-
1104 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
RENO COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...
AT 1103 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HAVEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAVEN AND YODER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3777 9800 3789 9804 3807 9770 3779 9770
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 237DEG 18KT 3785 9785
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
KETCHAM211 WWUS53 KICT 260414 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1114 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 KSC155-260424- /O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-120926T0430Z/ RENO KS- 1114 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL RENO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3777 9800 3789 9804 3807 9770 3779 9770 TIME...MOT...LOC 0414Z 228DEG 19KT 3793 9781 $$ KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 36 min |
| Sep 25, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 52 min |
| Sep 25, 8:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 34 min |
| Sep 25, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 25 min |
| Sep 25, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 31 min |
| Sep 25, 9:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 31 min |
| Sep 25, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 28 min |
| Sep 25, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 28 min |
| Sep 25, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 18 min |
| Sep 25, 10:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 34 min |
| Sep 25, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 29 min |
| Sep 26, 12:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 5 hr |
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.