Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2012, 7:34 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 6 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, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Harvey County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 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, 8:02 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 W Hesston, KS | |
| Apr 14, 8:03 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nw Hesston, KS | OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED A CONE SHAPED TORNADO. |
| Apr 14, 8:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Nnw Hesston, KS | |
| Apr 14, 8:18 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Nw Goessel, KS | STOVEPIPE TORNADO ON THE GROUND, FROM OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE. |
| Apr 14, 8:21 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 N Hesston, KS | DAMAGE TO A GARAGE 1 NORTH AND 1/4 MILE NORTHWEST OF 27TH AND ARROWHEAD. |
| Apr 14, 8:22 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Goessel, KS | LARGE WEDGE TORNADO REPORTED |
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, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 2195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 436 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.9
- Supercell composite
- 19.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
594
WUUS53 KICT 150034
SVRICT
KSC079-113-115-155-150115-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0048.120415T0034Z-120415T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
734 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 729 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BURRTON...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNDRIDGE...HESSTON...WALTON...GOESSEL...CANTON...LEHIGH...PEABODY
AND NORTH NEWTON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 59.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3814 9706 3792 9778 3817 9792 3829 9792
3843 9731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 236DEG 40KT 3806 9763
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH
$$
BILLINGS1 follow-up statement
458
WWUS53 KICT 150051
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
751 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
KSC155-150101-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120415T0115Z/
RENO KS-
751 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3814 9706 3795 9770 3817 9770 3834 9772
3843 9731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 236DEG 40KT 3816 9743
$$
KSC079-113-115-150115-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120415T0115Z/
MARION KS-MCPHERSON KS-HARVEY KS-
751 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
HARVEY...SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTIES
UNTIL 815 PM CDT...
AT 748 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HESSTON...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WALTON...GOESSEL...CANTON...LEHIGH AND PEABODY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 59.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3814 9706 3795 9770 3817 9770 3834 9772
3843 9731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 236DEG 40KT 3816 9743
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH
$$
BILLINGSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 20 min |
| Apr 14, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 46 min |
| Apr 14, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Marion | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Reno, Rice | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 10:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 11:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Saline | 4 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 11:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 2:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 3:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 4:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 4:03 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 6:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 42 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.