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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2012, 12:45 PM CDT for Barton County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 5 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
- Apr 14, 2012, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 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), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 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 14, 1:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Russell, KS | ON HIGHWAY 70 AT MILE MARKER 188 A FEW ROADS SIGNS ARE BLOWN OVER OR SNAPPED. TRASH BLOWN AROUND AT REST AREA EAST OF RUSSELL. |
| Apr 14, 1:22 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 74 | Russell Airport, KS | |
| Apr 14, 1:33 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Russell, KS | ELECTRIC LINES DOWN AND POWER POLE LINES SNAPPED. |
| Apr 14, 1:33 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Russell, KS | OUT BUILDING DAMAGED WITH DEBRI SCATTERED 3/4 OF MILE NORTHEAST OF IMPACT. |
| Apr 14, 1:33 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Russell, KS | ELECTRIC LINES DOWN AND POWER POLE LINES SNAPPED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KICT 141745
SVRICT
KSC009-167-141830-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0046.120414T1745Z-120414T1830Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1245 PM 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 130 PM CDT
* AT 1242 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GALATIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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 9903 3914 9849 3869 9848
3859 9903 3860 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1746Z 215DEG 48KT 3875 9906
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
BILLINGS2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KICT 141758
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1258 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
KSC009-167-141830-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120414T1830Z/
RUSSELL KS-BARTON KS-
1258 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
BARTON AND RUSSELL COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...
AT 1256 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF GALATIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSSELL...SUSANK...GORHAM...BUNKER HILL...DORRANCE...LURAY...
PARADISE...LUCAS...MILBERGER...RUSSELL AIRPORT...WALDO AND WILSON
LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 181.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 9904 3914 9903 3914 9849 3869 9848
3859 9903 3860 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 219DEG 36KT 3876 9902
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
BILLINGS595
WWUS53 KICT 141821
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
121 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
KSC009-141830-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120414T1830Z/
BARTON KS-
121 PM 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 9903 3914 9849 3870 9849
3869 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 223DEG 26KT 3889 9887
$$
KSC167-141830-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120414T1830Z/
RUSSELL KS-
121 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSSELL COUNTY
UNTIL 130 PM CDT...
AT 115 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSSELL...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUNKER HILL...LURAY...PARADISE...DORRANCE...LUCAS...RUSSELL
AIRPORT...WALDO AND WILSON LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 181.
THE TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN PLACE FOR RUSSELL COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 9904 3914 9903 3914 9849 3870 9849
3869 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 223DEG 26KT 3889 9887
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$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, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 50 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 | 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 | 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 | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.