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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Wichita, KS

April 30, 2012Allen County, Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2012, 10:13 PM CDT for Allen County, Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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 30, 2012, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2012, 10:42 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Allen County, KS, Neosho County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 30, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2012-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2012-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-240 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 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.

714 
WUUS53 KICT 010313
SVRICT
KSC001-133-010415-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0073.120501T0313Z-120501T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1013 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  NORTHERN NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1009 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHANUTE...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
  IOLA...HUMBOLDT...GAS...LA HARPE...MORAN...PETROLIA...STARK...IOLA
  AIRPORT...SAVONBURG...BASSETT AND ELSMORE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3782 9508 3777 9508 3773 9509 3754 9531
      3761 9553 3764 9553 3797 9543 3796 9507
      3782 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 212DEG 18KT 3768 9537

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

JAKUB
2 follow-up statements
208 
WWUS53 KICT 010336
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1036 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

KSC001-133-010415-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-120501T0415Z/
NEOSHO KS-ALLEN KS-
1036 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALLEN AND
NORTHERN NEOSHO COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1032 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HUMBOLDT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
IOLA...GAS...LA HARPE...MORAN...IOLA AIRPORT...SAVONBURG...BASSETT
AND ELSMORE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3782 9508 3777 9508 3773 9509 3754 9531
      3761 9553 3764 9553 3797 9543 3796 9507
      3782 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 212DEG 18KT 3777 9530

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

JAKUB
967 
WWUS53 KICT 010342
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1042 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

KSC001-133-010352-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-120501T0415Z/
NEOSHO KS-ALLEN KS-
1042 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ALLEN AND NORTHERN NEOSHO
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH 
THIS STORM. 

LAT...LON 3782 9508 3777 9508 3773 9509 3754 9531
      3761 9553 3764 9553 3797 9543 3796 9507
      3782 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 212DEG 18KT 3780 9528

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper66 min
Apr 30, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman67 min
Apr 30, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman26 min
Apr 30, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarper56 min
Apr 30, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua14 min
Apr 30, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman45 min
Apr 30, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette43 min
Apr 30, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery47 min
Apr 30, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho63 min
Apr 30, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarper15 min
Apr 30, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk46 min
Apr 30, 9:52 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTLabette, Montgomery12 hr
Apr 30, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick67 min
Apr 30, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho64 min
Apr 30, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette51 min
Apr 30, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner61 min
Apr 30, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner26 min
Apr 30, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood54 min
Apr 30, 10:53 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTChautauqua12 hr
Apr 30, 11:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk54 min
Apr 30, 11:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley64 min
Apr 30, 11:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette26 min
May 1, 12:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette25 min
May 1, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette, Montgomery44 min
May 1, 12:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette31 min
May 1, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette25 min
May 1, 6:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase, Marion25 min
May 1, 6:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion27 min
May 1, 8:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson6 hr
May 1, 9:54 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTChautauqua, Labette, Montgomery6 hr

Nearby

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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.