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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS

February 28, 2012Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2012, 6:18 PM CST for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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 28, 2012, 6:18 PM CST (00:18 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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 28, 6:43 PM CST	TORNADO	6 Ssw Hutchinson, KS	STORM CHASER REPORTED A TORNADO LASTING ABOUT 5 MINUTES FROM 643 TO 648 PM.

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 28, 5:41 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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: 386 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 369 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 461 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

264 
WUUS53 KICT 290018
SVRICT
KSC095-155-290100-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0007.120229T0018Z-120229T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
618 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 618 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE   
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6   
  MILES NORTHEAST OF PENALOSA...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF             
  KINGMAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUTCHINSON...ARLINGTON...PRETTY PRAIRIE...ABBYVILLE...PARTRIDGE...
  NICKERSON...SOUTH HUTCHINSON...HAVEN...BUHLER...LANGDON...YODER...
  WILLOWBROOK AND HUTCHINSON AIRPORT.

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.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3817 9807 3818 9787 3817 9770 3809 9770
      3788 9771 3764 9829 3780 9847 3781 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 228DEG 51KT 3778 9829
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

ES

1 follow-up statement

425 
WWUS53 KICT 290028
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
628 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

KSC095-155-290100-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120229T0100Z/
RENO KS-KINGMAN KS-
628 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KINGMAN AND RENO COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CST...

AT 626 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED...PRODUCING PING 
PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARLINGTON...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF KINGMAN... 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUTCHINSON...ABBYVILLE...PARTRIDGE...NICKERSON...SOUTH
  HUTCHINSON...HAVEN...BUHLER...YODER...WILLOWBROOK AND HUTCHINSON
  AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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.

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3817 9807 3818 9787 3817 9770 3809 9770
      3788 9771 3764 9829 3780 9847 3781 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 228DEG 51KT 3788 9814
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 6:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Reno	30 min
Feb 28, 6:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno	32 min
Feb 28, 7:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion	50 min
Feb 28, 7:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	38 min
Feb 28, 8:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	53 min
Feb 28, 8:52 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Chase	28 min
Feb 28, 8:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	53 min
Feb 28, 9:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Elk, Greenwood	59 min
Feb 28, 9:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson	59 min
Feb 28, 10:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	22 min
Feb 28, 10:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	9 min
Feb 29, 3:21 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	14 hr
Feb 29, 12:12 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell, Saline	3 hr
Feb 29, 3:47 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	Allen, Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery and 3 more	12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.