Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2012, 4:36 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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 19, 2012, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lincoln County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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 19, 4:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 E Sylvan Grove, KS | |
| May 19, 4:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 E Sylvan Grove, KS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 750 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -566 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KICT 192136
SVRICT
KSC105-192215-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0086.120519T2136Z-120519T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
436 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 434 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF SYLVAN GROVE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY...BARNARD AND ASH GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3922 9794 3907 9793 3889 9808 3898 9849
3907 9849 3922 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 214DEG 46KT 3895 9833
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
LAWSON4 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KICT 192141
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
441 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
KSC105-192215-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120519T2215Z/
LINCOLN KS-
441 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY
UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 439 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LINCOLN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BARNARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3922 9794 3907 9793 3889 9808 3898 9849
3907 9849 3922 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 218DEG 21KT 3917 9822
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
COOK987
WWUS53 KICT 192147
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
447 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
KSC105-192215-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120519T2215Z/
LINCOLN KS-
447 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY
UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 443 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
LINCOLN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE DAMAGE...
WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEVERLY...BARNARD AND ASH GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3922 9794 3907 9793 3889 9808 3898 9849
3907 9849 3922 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 209DEG 44KT 3910 9823
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
COOK147
WWUS53 KICT 192201
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
501 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
KSC105-192215-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120519T2215Z/
LINCOLN KS-
501 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY
UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 500 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
BARNARD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3922 9794 3907 9793 3889 9808 3898 9849
3907 9849 3922 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 212DEG 40KT 3923 9814
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
COOK875
WWUS53 KICT 192211
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
511 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
KSC105-192222-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120519T2215Z/
LINCOLN KS-
511 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
515 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3922 9794 3907 9793 3889 9808 3898 9849
3907 9849 3922 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 212DEG 40KT 3932 9806
$$
COOKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 34 min |
| May 19, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 43 min |
| May 19, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 44 min |
| May 19, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 44 min |
| May 19, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 36 min |
| May 19, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 46 min |
| May 19, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 28 min |
| May 19, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 46 min |
| May 19, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 29 min |
| May 19, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline | 32 min |
| May 19, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 33 min |
| May 19, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 47 min |
| May 19, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 26 min |
| May 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 30 min |
| May 19, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 39 min |
| May 19, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 33 min |
| May 19, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Saline | 35 min |
| May 19, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 36 min |
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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.