Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2012, 7:31 PM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
- Apr 9, 2012, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Cowley County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:53 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 Nnw Burden, KS | A FEW PING PONG SIZE BUT MOSTLY QUARTERS COVERING THE GROUND |
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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 944 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
606 WUUS53 KICT 100031 SVRICT KSC035-100115- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0035.120410T0031Z-120410T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 731 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 726 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOUGLASS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ATLANTA...BURDEN AND CAMBRIDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3737 9704 3747 9702 3747 9653 3719 9653 TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 299DEG 23KT 3745 9690 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50 MPH $$ KETCHAM
4 follow-up statements
850 WWUS53 KICT 100039 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 739 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 KSC035-100115- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120410T0115Z/ COWLEY KS- 739 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 736 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF ATLANTA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ATLANTA...BURDEN AND CAMBRIDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3733 9693 3747 9694 3747 9653 3719 9653 TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 299DEG 23KT 3743 9685 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50 MPH $$ KETCHAM
574 WWUS53 KICT 100049 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 749 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 KSC035-100115- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120410T0115Z/ COWLEY KS- 749 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 745 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ATLANTA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BURDEN AND CAMBRIDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3731 9686 3747 9683 3747 9653 3719 9653 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 299DEG 23KT 3739 9677 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50 MPH $$ KETCHAM
783 WWUS53 KICT 100058 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 758 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 KSC035-100115- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120410T0115Z/ COWLEY KS- 758 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 755 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BURDEN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CAMBRIDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3731 9686 3747 9677 3747 9653 3719 9653 TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 304DEG 23KT 3734 9672 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50 MPH $$ SMITH
615 WWUS53 KICT 100108 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 808 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 KSC035-100115- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120410T0115Z/ COWLEY KS- 808 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 804 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BURDEN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN COWLEY COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3729 9679 3745 9667 3739 9653 3719 9653 TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 304DEG 23KT 3731 9666 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50 MPH $$ KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 27 min |
| Apr 9, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 33 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.