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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS

February 3, 2012Butler County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 3, 2012, 3:17 AM CST for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min. 2 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
Feb 3, 2012, 3:17 AM CST (09:17 UTC)
Expired
Feb 3, 2012, 3:45 AM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Butler County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 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
Feb 3, 3:25 AM CSTHAIL 13 E El Dorado, KSNICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL WITH 100 PERCENT COVERAGE ON THE GROUND. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Feb 3, 3:35 AM CSTHAIL 0.55 S El Dorado, KS1/2 INCH HAIL COVERING ROAD 5 MILES SOUTH OF EL DORADO ON HWY 77.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-02-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
349 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.

292 
WUUS53 KICT 030917
SVRICT
KSC015-030945-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0003.120203T0917Z-120203T0945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
317 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 345 AM CST

* AT 312 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AUGUSTA...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF EL
  DORADO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EL DORADO...CASSODAY...EL DORADO LAKE AND ROSALIA.

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 3770 9704 3808 9682 3809 9652 3770 9652
      3761 9681
TIME...MOT...LOC 0918Z 209DEG 47KT 3773 9684
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

BILLINGS
2 follow-up statements
530 
WWUS53 KICT 030927
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
327 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

KSC015-030945-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120203T0945Z/
BUTLER KS-
327 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BUTLER COUNTY
UNTIL 345 AM CST...

AT 322 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EL
DORADO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CASSODAY AND ROSALIA.

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 3770 9704 3808 9682 3809 9652 3770 9652
      3761 9681
TIME...MOT...LOC 0928Z 209DEG 48KT 3785 9675
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

BILLINGS
132 
WWUS53 KICT 030940
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
340 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

KSC015-030950-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120203T0945Z/
BUTLER KS-
340 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BUTLER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
345 AM CST...

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

LAT...LON 3770 9704 3808 9682 3809 9652 3770 9652
      3761 9681
TIME...MOT...LOC 0940Z 209DEG 48KT 3799 9665

$$

BILLINGS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 10:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman64 min
Feb 3, 12:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno, Sedgwick47 min
Feb 3, 3:58 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICTLincoln, Russell24 hr
Feb 3, 8:58 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningICTHarper, Kingman8 hr
Feb 3, 9:37 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell4 hr
Feb 3, 1:07 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningICTKingman8 hr
Feb 3, 1:07 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner8 hr
Feb 3, 1:07 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningICTSumner9 hr
Feb 3, 1:13 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningICTCowley8 hr
Feb 3, 5:13 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.