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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Wichita, KS

November 10, 2012Barton County, Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2012, 6:52 PM CST for Barton County, Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. 3 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: Nov 10, 2012, 6:52 PM CST (00:52 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 2012, 7:45 PM CST
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 80.0 mph

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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
Nov 10, 6:58 PM CST	HAIL 1	Holyrood, KS
Nov 10, 7:03 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Bushton, KS	CARPORT DAMAGED AND BLOWN OVER HOUSE. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Nov 10, 7:17 PM CST	HAIL 0.88	2 Sw Kanapolis, KS

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 10, 3:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

873 
WUUS53 KICT 110052
SVRICT
KSC009-053-159-110200-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0201.121111T0052Z-121111T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
652 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CST

* AT 648 PM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM HOLYROOD TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELLINWOOD...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 80 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...LARGE TREE BRANCHES MAY BE BROKEN...POSSIBLY BLOCKING
           ROADS AND DOWNING POWER LINES. SUBSTANTIAL ROOF COVERING
           DAMAGE LIKELY. METAL OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED. SIGNIFICANT
           FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR ANYONE EXPOSED TO THE
           ELEMENTS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUSHTON...LORRAINE...RAYMOND...CHASE...ALDEN...STERLING...
  GENESEO...KANOPOLIS STATE PARK...LYONS...LITTLE RIVER...SILICA...
  FREDERICK AND KANOPOLIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3864 9848 3883 9793 3817 9793 3819 9848
      3825 9848 3825 9864 3826 9870
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 253DEG 41KT 3859 9836 3830 9856

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...80 MPH

$$

MCGUIRE

3 follow-up statements

749 
WWUS53 KICT 110109
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
709 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

KSC009-110117-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-121111T0200Z/
BARTON KS-
709 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA. ANOTHER AREA OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WAS 
IMPACTING SOUTHWEST BARTON COUNTY. A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IF THE 
STORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY.

LAT...LON 3830 9846 3847 9847 3860 9844 3864 9848
      3883 9793 3817 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 253DEG 41KT 3869 9817 3840 9837

$$

KSC053-159-110200-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-121111T0200Z/
RICE KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
709 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
ELLSWORTH AND RICE COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CST...

AT 703 PM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM ELLSWORTH TO CHASE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 80 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...LARGE TREE BRANCHES MAY BE BROKEN...POSSIBLY BLOCKING ROADS
         AND DOWNING POWER LINES. SUBSTANTIAL ROOF COVERING DAMAGE
         LIKELY. METAL OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED. SIGNIFICANT FLYING
         DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR ANYONE EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHASE...LYONS...GENESEO...KANOPOLIS STATE PARK...LITTLE RIVER...
KANOPOLIS AND FREDERICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3830 9846 3847 9847 3860 9844 3864 9848
      3883 9793 3817 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 253DEG 41KT 3869 9817 3840 9837

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...80 MPH

$$

MCGUIRE

481 
WWUS53 KICT 110114
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
714 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

KSC159-110124-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-121111T0200Z/
RICE KS-
714 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RICE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3883 9793 3855 9793 3852 9831 3852 9846
      3860 9844 3864 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 253DEG 41KT 3871 9807 3851 9824

$$

KSC053-110200-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-121111T0200Z/
ELLSWORTH KS-
714 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
ELLSWORTH COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CST...

AT 712 PM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF KANOPOLIS STATE PARK TO 6
MILES SOUTHEAST OF LORRAINE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. TREE BRANCHES UP TO
         THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN. POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE TO
         SHINGLE ROOFS AND METAL OUTBUILDINGS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KANOPOLIS STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3883 9793 3855 9793 3852 9831 3852 9846
      3860 9844 3864 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 253DEG 41KT 3871 9807 3851 9824

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70 MPH

$$

MCGUIRE

906 
WWUS53 KICT 110145
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
745 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

KSC053-110153-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-121111T0200Z/
ELLSWORTH KS-
745 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA. 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH 
COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM. THIS ACTIVITY WILL PRODUCE GUSTY 
WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

LAT...LON 3883 9793 3855 9793 3852 9831 3852 9846
      3860 9844 3864 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 253DEG 41KT 3881 9766 3861 9784

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 10, 6:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	56 min
Nov 10, 7:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	33 min
Nov 10, 7:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Saline	28 min
Nov 10, 7:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	35 min
Nov 10, 7:35 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	40 min
Nov 10, 7:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Reno, Rice	53 min
Nov 10, 8:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	43 min
Nov 10, 8:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	50 min
Nov 10, 9:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	40 min
Nov 10, 9:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	44 min
Nov 10, 9:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	30 min
Nov 10, 10:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	25 min
Nov 10, 10:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	37 min
Nov 11, 12:18 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	42 min
Nov 11, 5:22 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	23 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.