Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2012, 8:44 PM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2012, 9:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Labette County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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, 9:04 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Sw Edna, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
738 WUUS53 KICT 100144 SVRICT KSC099-100230- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0037.120410T0144Z-120410T0230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 844 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 842 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF LIBERTY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALTAMONT...EDNA...BARTLETT AND ANGOLA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3719 9525 3700 9508 3700 9551 3724 9552 TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 310DEG 27KT 3712 9547 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50 MPH $$ SMITH
3 follow-up statements
153
WWUS53 KICT 100155
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
855 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012
KSC099-100230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120410T0230Z/
LABETTE KS-
855 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
LABETTE COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT...
AT 852 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EDNA...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EDNA AND BARTLETT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3714 9532 3700 9508 3700 9551 3715 9551
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 318DEG 27KT 3706 9542
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
SMITH863
WWUS53 KICT 100206
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
906 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012
KSC099-100230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120410T0230Z/
LABETTE KS-
906 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
LABETTE COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT...
AT 901 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EDNA...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE DAMAGE...
WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3710 9530 3701 9517 3700 9549 3712 9541
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 318DEG 27KT 3700 9535
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
SMITH177 WWUS53 KICT 100217 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 917 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 KSC099-100228- /O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120410T0230Z/ LABETTE KS- 917 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LABETTE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3710 9530 3701 9517 3700 9549 3712 9541 TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 318DEG 27KT 3694 9528 $$ SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 44 min |
| 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 |
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.