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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Wichita, KS

May 4, 2012Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 4, 1:31 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 67Kingman Airport, KS
May 4, 1:35 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGKingman, KSDAMAGE 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3670 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 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
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

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The text

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

123 
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

$$

ES
2 follow-up statements
872 
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

$$

ES
810 
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

$$

LAUGEMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 12:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman27 min
May 4, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno48 min
May 4, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner49 min
May 4, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner29 min
May 4, 2:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler26 min
May 4, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Greenwood52 min
May 4, 3:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase35 min
May 4, 4:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWoodson28 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.