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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Wichita, KS

February 20, 2012Labette County, Montgomery County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 20, 2012, 6:00 PM CST for Labette County, Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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: Feb 20, 2012, 6:00 PM CST (00:00 UTC)
Expired: Feb 20, 2012, 6:48 PM CST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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
Feb 20, 6:25 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 59	Parsons, KS	PARSONS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

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
Feb 20, 5:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

194 
WUUS53 KICT 210000
SVRICT
KSC099-125-210100-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0006.120221T0000Z-120221T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
600 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 557 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM INDEPENDENCE TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  COFFEYVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY
  ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PARSONS...LIBERTY...CHERRYVALE...MOUND VALLEY...EDNA...ALTAMONT...
  BARTLETT...CHETOPA...OSWEGO...COFFEYVILLE AIRPORT...ANGOLA...
  PARSONS TRI CITY AIRPORT...DENNIS AND LABETTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3699 9508 3700 9568 3725 9570 3738 9546
      3739 9507 3702 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 239DEG 48KT 3721 9563 3697 9559
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN

$$

JAKUB

3 follow-up statements

767 
WWUS53 KICT 210013
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
613 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012

KSC125-210023-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120221T0100Z/
MONTGOMERY KS-
613 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012

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

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3702 9507 3699 9508 3700 9551 3735 9551
      3736 9550 3739 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 239DEG 48KT 3730 9544 3706 9540

$$

KSC099-210100-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120221T0100Z/
LABETTE KS-
613 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LABETTE COUNTY
UNTIL 700 PM CST...

AT 611 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM CHERRYVALE TO EDNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. NICKEL SIZE
HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PARSONS...MOUND VALLEY...EDNA...ALTAMONT...BARTLETT...CHETOPA...
  OSWEGO...DENNIS AND LABETTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3702 9507 3699 9508 3700 9551 3735 9551
      3736 9550 3739 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 239DEG 48KT 3730 9544 3706 9540
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN

$$

JAKUB

051 
WWUS53 KICT 210033
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
633 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012

KSC099-210100-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120221T0100Z/
LABETTE KS-
633 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
LABETTE COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CST...

AT 630 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 7 MILES WEST OF MCCUNE TO OSWEGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LABETTE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3699 9528 3737 9522 3739 9507 3702 9507
      3699 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 238DEG 47KT 3737 9510 3720 9512
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

JAKUB

186 
WWUS53 KICT 210048
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
648 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012

KSC099-210058-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120221T0100Z/
LABETTE KS-
648 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LABETTE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3699 9528 3737 9522 3739 9507 3702 9507
      3699 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 239DEG 48KT 3754 9493 3730 9490

$$

JAKUB

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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.