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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Wichita, KS

May 1, 2012Marion County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2012, 6:50 AM CDT for Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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
May 1, 2012, 6:50 AM CDT (11:50 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2012, 7:17 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Marion County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:52 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.

509 
WUUS53 KICT 011150
SVRICT
KSC115-011230-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0077.120501T1150Z-120501T1230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
650 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 647 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  LINCOLNVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3853 9692 3853 9682 3840 9683 3841 9706
      3860 9707 3861 9692
TIME...MOT...LOC 1150Z 268DEG 28KT 3850 9694

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH

$$
2 follow-up statements
264 
WWUS53 KICT 011206
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
706 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

KSC115-011230-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-120501T1230Z/
MARION KS-
706 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
MARION COUNTY UNTIL 730 AM CDT...

AT 702 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LINCOLNVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3853 9692 3853 9682 3840 9683 3847 9700
      3860 9707 3861 9692
TIME...MOT...LOC 1206Z 255DEG 16KT 3857 9694

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH

$$

CARUSO
745 
WWUS53 KICT 011217
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
717 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

KSC115-011227-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-120501T1230Z/
MARION KS-
717 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 3853 9692 3853 9682 3840 9683 3847 9700
      3860 9707 3861 9692
TIME...MOT...LOC 1217Z 255DEG 16KT 3858 9688

$$

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, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho29 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, 8:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson6 hr
May 1, 9:54 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTChautauqua, Labette, Montgomery6 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.