Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2012, 5:58 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Lincoln County, Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 19, 2012, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Saline County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1418 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
366
WUUS53 KICT 192258
SVRICT
KSC053-105-169-192330-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0090.120519T2258Z-120519T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
558 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 557 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTFALL...
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...
WESTFALL AND GLENDALE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 224 AND 246.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3895 9751 3876 9805 3888 9818 3896 9796
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 232DEG 44KT 3888 9799
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
LAWSON2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KICT 192314
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
614 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
KSC053-105-169-192330-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-120519T2330Z/
SALINE KS-LINCOLN KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
614 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
ELLSWORTH...SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTIES
UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 610 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
WESTFALL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 224 AND 246.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3895 9751 3876 9805 3888 9818 3896 9796
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 238DEG 25KT 3894 9786
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
COOK996 WWUS53 KICT 192322 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 622 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 KSC053-105-169-192332- /O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-120519T2330Z/ SALINE KS-LINCOLN KS-ELLSWORTH KS- 622 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH... SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. LAT...LON 3895 9751 3876 9805 3888 9818 3896 9796 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 238DEG 25KT 3897 9781 $$ LAWSON
The 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, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 39 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, 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.