Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2012, 1:30 AM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. 2 reports 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
- May 4, 2012, 1:30 AM CDT (06:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2012, 1:57 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 1:31 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 67 | Kingman Airport, KS | |
| May 4, 1:35 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Kingman, KS | DAMAGE TO THE HANGERS AT THE KINGMAM AIRPORT. DELAYED REPORT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 3670 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 20.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KICT 040630
SVRICT
KSC095-155-040715-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0079.120504T0630Z-120504T0715Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
130 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 215 AM CDT
* AT 126 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM PRETTY PRAIRIE TO KINGMAN TO ZENDA...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
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...
SPIVEY...RAGO AND MURDOCK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3754 9845 3778 9798 3769 9781 3764 9781
3738 9808 3739 9810
TIME...MOT...LOC 0630Z 296DEG 23KT 3771 9802 3759 9810
3742 9823
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
ES2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KICT 040635
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
135 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012
KSC095-155-040715-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-120504T0715Z/
RENO KS-KINGMAN KS-
135 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KINGMAN AND
SOUTH CENTRAL RENO COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT...
AT 131 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF PRETTY PRAIRIE TO KINGMAN TO 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF ZENDA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. TREE BRANCHES
UP TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN. POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE
TO SHINGLE ROOFS AND METAL OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAGO AND MURDOCK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER AT ONCE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
WICHITA.
&&
LAT...LON 3754 9845 3778 9798 3769 9781 3764 9781
3738 9808 3739 9810
TIME...MOT...LOC 0634Z 296DEG 23KT 3770 9799 3758 9807
3749 9815
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70 MPH
$$
ES810
WWUS53 KICT 040657
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
157 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012
KSC095-155-040707-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-120504T0715Z/
RENO KS-KINGMAN KS-
157 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KINGMAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL RENO
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3754 9845 3778 9798 3769 9781 3764 9781
3738 9808 3739 9810
TIME...MOT...LOC 0657Z 296DEG 23KT 3763 9782 3751 9790
3743 9798
$$
LAUGEMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 12:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 27 min |
| May 4, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 48 min |
| May 4, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner | 49 min |
| May 4, 2:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 29 min |
| May 4, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 26 min |
| May 4, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 52 min |
| May 4, 3:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 35 min |
| May 4, 4:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Woodson | 28 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.