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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Wichita, KS

May 19, 2012Kingman County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2012, 5:29 PM CDT for Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 13 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, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2012, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Kingman County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 19, 5:38 PM CDTTORNADO5 Nw Kingman, KS
May 19, 5:43 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDW Kingman, KS5
May 19, 5:44 PM CDTHAIL 1.757 Sw Kingman, KS
May 19, 5:45 PM CDTTORNADO12 Sw Kingman, KSROPE TORNADO.
May 19, 5:49 PM CDTTORNADO3 W Kingman, KSSPOTTER REPORTED ROPE TORNADO
May 19, 5:53 PM CDTTORNADO5 Nne Kingman, KSSPOTTER REPORTED LANDSPOUT TORNADO
May 19, 5:57 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Kingman, KS
May 19, 5:58 PM CDTTORNADO4 Nw Spivey, KSROPE TORNADO.
May 19, 6:01 PM CDTTORNADO5 Sw Kingman, KS
May 19, 6:03 PM CDTHAIL 34 Ene Kingman, KS
May 19, 6:04 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 701 N Spivey, KSESTIMATING 65 TO 70 MPH WINDS.
May 19, 6:06 PM CDTHAIL 35 Ene Kingman, KS
May 19, 6:15 PM CDTTORNADOS Spivey, KSROPE TORNADO.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 12:00Z on 2012-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 450 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2012-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 330 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
450 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-768 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
445 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.

154 
WUUS53 KICT 192229
SVRICT
KSC095-192315-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0089.120519T2229Z-120519T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
529 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 527 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGMAN TO 7 MILES NORTH
  OF ZENDA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
  KINGMAN...NORWICH...KINGMAN AIRPORT...CLEVELAND...RAGO...MURDOCK
  AND MT VERNON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3745 9838 3773 9831 3774 9781 3744 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 280DEG 27KT 3771 9815 3754 9824

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

LAWSON
1 follow-up statement
489 
WWUS53 KICT 192244
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
544 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

KSC095-192315-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-120519T2315Z/
KINGMAN KS-
544 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KINGMAN COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 540 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM KINGMAN TO 6 MILES NORTH OF ZENDA...AND MOVING
EAST AT 20 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...
KINGMAN...NORWICH...KINGMAN AIRPORT...SPIVEY...CLEVELAND...RAGO...
MURDOCK AND MT VERNON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 3745 9838 3773 9831 3774 9781 3744 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 271DEG 18KT 3770 9814 3753 9823

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton34 min
May 19, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton43 min
May 19, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell44 min
May 19, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno44 min
May 19, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln39 min
May 19, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth36 min
May 19, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno46 min
May 19, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth28 min
May 19, 5:46 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTKingman29 min
May 19, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Saline32 min
May 19, 6:12 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTKingman33 min
May 19, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman47 min
May 19, 6:19 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTHarper, Kingman26 min
May 19, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno30 min
May 19, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice39 min
May 19, 6:42 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTHarper, Kingman33 min
May 19, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, McPherson, Saline35 min
May 19, 6:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick36 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.