Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2012, 12:49 AM CDT for Harper County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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 29, 2012, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2012, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Harper County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:50 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
594
WUUS53 KICT 290549
SVRICT
KSC077-191-290630-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0059.120429T0549Z-120429T0630Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1249 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
WESTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 1245 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MANCHESTER...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 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...
BLUFF CITY...ARGONIA...FREEPORT...MILAN...DANVILLE AND RUNNYMEDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9778 3699 9799 3739 9799 3739 9781
3740 9780 3738 9765 3699 9768 3699 9769
TIME...MOT...LOC 0549Z 185DEG 28KT 3698 9789
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
BILLINGS3 follow-up statements
747
WWUS53 KICT 290605
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
105 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
KSC077-191-290630-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-120429T0630Z/
SUMNER KS-HARPER KS-
105 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN HARPER
AND WESTERN SUMNER COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...
AT 104 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUFF CITY...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARGONIA...FREEPORT...DANVILLE...RUNNYMEDE AND MILAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9778 3699 9799 3739 9799 3739 9781
3740 9780 3738 9765 3699 9768 3699 9769
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 205DEG 29KT 3709 9780
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
BILLINGS697
WWUS53 KICT 290619
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
119 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
KSC077-290630-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-120429T0630Z/
HARPER KS-
119 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HARPER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3700 9778 3700 9780 3740 9780 3738 9765
3699 9768 3699 9769
TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 205DEG 29KT 3719 9774
$$
KSC191-290630-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-120429T0630Z/
SUMNER KS-
119 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN SUMNER
COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM CDT...
AT 118 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
ARGONIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARGONIA AND MILAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9778 3700 9780 3740 9780 3738 9765
3699 9768 3699 9769
TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 205DEG 29KT 3719 9774
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
BILLINGS761
WWUS53 KICT 290630
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
130 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
KSC191-290641-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-120429T0630Z/
SUMNER KS-
130 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN SUMNER COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3700 9778 3700 9780 3740 9780 3738 9765
3699 9768 3699 9769
TIME...MOT...LOC 0619Z 205DEG 29KT 3718 9774
$$
BILLINGSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 1:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 2:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 3:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 4:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 9:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 4 hr |
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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.