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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Wichita, KS

April 14, 2012Barton County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2012, 10:55 AM CDT for Barton County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2012, 10:55 AM CDT (15:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2012, 11:45 AM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barton County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 14, 10:43 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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: 1516 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 413 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 432 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 11.6

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The text

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

138 
WUUS53 KICT 141555
SVRICT
KSC009-167-141645-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0045.120414T1555Z-120414T1645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1055 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT

* AT 1052 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
  GALATIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
  RUSSELL...SUSANK...GORHAM...BUNKER HILL...DORRANCE...PARADISE...
  LURAY...LUCAS...MILBERGER...RUSSELL AIRPORT...WILSON LAKE AND
  WALDO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 181.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9904 3914 9849 3869 9848 3852 9902
      3853 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1555Z 210DEG 44KT 3868 9903

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

$$

BILLINGS

5 follow-up statements

478 
WWUS53 KICT 141608
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1108 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC009-167-141645-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120414T1645Z/
RUSSELL KS-BARTON KS-
1108 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
BARTON AND RUSSELL COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 AM CDT...

AT 1102 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
GALATIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
RUSSELL...GORHAM...BUNKER HILL...DORRANCE...PARADISE...LURAY...
LUCAS...RUSSELL AIRPORT...WILSON LAKE AND WALDO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 181.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9904 3914 9849 3869 9848 3852 9902
      3853 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1607Z 210DEG 44KT 3879 9892

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

$$

BILLINGS

366 
WWUS53 KICT 141610
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1110 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC009-141620-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120414T1645Z/
BARTON KS-
1110 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

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

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

LAT...LON 3913 9904 3914 9849 3881 9848 3870 9849
      3869 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 1610Z 210DEG 44KT 3882 9891

$$

KSC167-141645-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120414T1645Z/
RUSSELL KS-
1110 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSSELL COUNTY
UNTIL 1145 AM CDT...

AT 1107 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GORHAM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
RUSSELL...GORHAM...BUNKER HILL...DORRANCE...PARADISE...LURAY...
LUCAS...RUSSELL AIRPORT...WILSON LAKE AND WALDO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 181.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9904 3914 9849 3881 9848 3870 9849
      3869 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 1610Z 210DEG 44KT 3882 9891

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

$$

BILLINGS

259 
WWUS53 KICT 141621
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1121 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC167-141645-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120414T1645Z/
RUSSELL KS-
1121 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSSELL COUNTY
UNTIL 1145 AM CDT...

AT 1116 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSSELL...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
PARADISE...LUCAS...LURAY...WILSON LAKE AND WALDO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 181.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9904 3914 9849 3881 9848 3870 9849
      3869 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 203DEG 44KT 3895 9886

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

$$

BILLINGS

359 
WWUS53 KICT 141630
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1130 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC167-141645-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120414T1645Z/
RUSSELL KS-
1130 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL 1145 AM CDT...

AT 1126 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF
RUSSELL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 50 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...
LUCAS...LURAY AND WALDO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3911 9849 3894 9848 3892 9904 3913 9904
      3914 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 1631Z 202DEG 45KT 3907 9880

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

$$

BILLINGS

929 
WWUS53 KICT 141641
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1141 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC167-141651-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120414T1645Z/
RUSSELL KS-
1141 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1145 AM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 3911 9849 3894 9848 3892 9904 3913 9904
      3914 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 1641Z 202DEG 45KT 3919 9874

$$

BILLINGS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	45 min
Apr 13, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Wilson	50 min
Apr 13, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	52 min
Apr 13, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	47 min
Apr 13, 9:26 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 14 more	25 hr
Apr 13, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	31 min
Apr 13, 10:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	34 min
Apr 13, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	31 min
Apr 14, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	36 min
Apr 14, 12:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	52 min
Apr 14, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	37 min
Apr 14, 4:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	47 min
Apr 14, 12:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	45 min
Apr 14, 1:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Russell	30 min
Apr 14, 1:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Russell	2 hr
Apr 14, 1:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	21 min
Apr 14, 4:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Russell	17 min
Apr 14, 4:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	41 min
Apr 14, 4:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	46 min
Apr 14, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Rice	32 min
Apr 14, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth	34 min
Apr 14, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Saline	42 min
Apr 14, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Reno	39 min
Apr 14, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedSignificant damage threat	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	47 min
Apr 14, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman	47 min
Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedSignificant damage threat	ICT	Saline	41 min
Apr 14, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	44 min
Apr 14, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedSignificant damage threat	ICT	Saline	13 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.