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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Wichita, KS

April 13, 2012Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2012, 3:33 PM CDT for Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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 13, 2012, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2012, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Cowley County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 13, 3:51 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	7 Sw Geuda Springs, KS

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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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: 1335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 423 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 437 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 12.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

398 
WUUS53 KICT 132033
SVRICT
KSC035-191-132115-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0039.120413T2033Z-120413T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
333 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 332 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
  SOUTH HAVEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
  GEUDA SPRINGS...ARKANSAS CITY AND STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 6.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3702 9741 3732 9706 3712 9679 3700 9693
      3699 9698 3699 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 229DEG 23KT 3703 9727

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

JAKUB

3 follow-up statements

772 
WWUS53 KICT 132048
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
348 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

KSC035-191-132115-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120413T2115Z/
SUMNER KS-COWLEY KS-
348 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
COWLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 346 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GEUDA SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
GEUDA SPRINGS...ARKANSAS CITY AND STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 6.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3702 9741 3732 9706 3712 9679 3700 9693
      3699 9698 3699 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 230DEG 27KT 3706 9719

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

JAKUB

630 
WWUS53 KICT 132102
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
402 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

KSC191-132112-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120413T2115Z/
SUMNER KS-
402 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

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

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3717 9715 3732 9706 3712 9679 3700 9693
      3699 9698 3700 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 230DEG 27KT 3711 9709

$$

KSC035-132115-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120413T2115Z/
COWLEY KS-
402 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 400 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GEUDA
SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3717 9715 3732 9706 3712 9679 3700 9693
      3699 9698 3700 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 230DEG 27KT 3711 9709

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH

$$

JAKUB

179 
WWUS53 KICT 132113
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
413 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

KSC035-132123-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120413T2115Z/
COWLEY KS-
413 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COWLEY COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 3717 9715 3732 9706 3712 9679 3700 9693
      3699 9698 3700 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 230DEG 27KT 3716 9701

$$

JAKUB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 12:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	23 min
Apr 13, 12:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	21 min
Apr 13, 3:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery	36 min
Apr 13, 4:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	42 min
Apr 13, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	45 min
Apr 13, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	33 min
Apr 13, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	45 min
Apr 13, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	41 min
Apr 13, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	45 min
Apr 13, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	43 min
Apr 13, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	26 min
Apr 13, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	48 min
Apr 13, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Woodson	40 min
Apr 13, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	39 min
Apr 13, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	45 min
Apr 13, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	50 min
Apr 13, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Montgomery	51 min
Apr 13, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	42 min
Apr 13, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	54 min
Apr 13, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	38 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.