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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Wichita, KS

May 19, 2012Harper County, Kingman County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2012, 6:13 PM CDT for Harper County, Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 20 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, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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 19, 6:19 PM CDTTORNADO6 Ssw Spivey, KSTORNADO IS A BIT BIGGER THAN A ROPE.
May 19, 6:27 PM CDTHAIL 1.751 S Rago, KSPEA TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL FOR 3 TO 4 MINUTES.
May 19, 6:28 PM CDTTORNADO4 Sse Spivey, KS
May 19, 6:32 PM CDTTORNADO2 Nw Attica, KSROPE TORNADO.
May 19, 6:33 PM CDTTORNADO3 Nw Harper, KS
May 19, 6:33 PM CDTTORNADO6 W Harper, KS
May 19, 6:38 PM CDTTORNADO3 Ene Attica, KS
May 19, 6:40 PM CDTTORNADO1 S Rago, KSWIND TURBINE BLADE DAMAGED AND POWER LINES DOWN.
May 19, 6:40 PM CDTTORNADO4 S Rago, KSWIND TURBINE BLADE DAMAGED AND POWER LINES DOWN.
May 19, 6:41 PM CDTTORNADO3 Ssw Rago, KS
May 19, 6:45 PM CDTTORNADO3 Wnw Harper, KSMODERATE DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME
May 19, 6:45 PM CDTTORNADO5 W Harper, KSFARMSTEAD WAS HIT BY TORNADO. EXTENT OF DAMAGE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
May 19, 6:45 PM CDTTORNADO5 W Harper, KSTWO HOMES DAMAGED WITH ONE HAVING ROOF RIPPED OFF. HEAVY TREE DAMAGE WITH UPROOTED TREES.
May 19, 6:46 PM CDTTORNADO5 Se Spivey, KS
May 19, 6:49 PM CDTHAIL 1.2513 Wnw Anthony, KSCORRECTION. LOCATION IS WNW NOT WSW.
May 19, 6:49 PM CDTHAIL 1.2513 Wsw Anthony, KS
May 19, 6:52 PM CDTHAIL 1.513 Wnw Anthony, KS
May 19, 6:52 PM CDTHAIL 1.513 Wsw Anthony, KS
May 19, 6:58 PM CDTTORNADO2 Wnw Harper, KSTORNADO DAMAGE PATH IS 300 YARDS WIDE. SOME HOMES WERE DAMAGED. POWERLINES WERE DOWN.
May 19, 7:02 PM CDTTORNADO1 Nw Harper, KSSPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF HARPER.

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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.

551 
WUUS53 KICT 192313
SVRICT
KSC077-095-200000-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0091.120519T2313Z-120520T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 610 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAZELTON...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
  ATTICA...HARPER...CORWIN...CRYSTAL SPRINGS AND RUNNYMEDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3731 9836 3745 9822 3744 9781 3743 9781
      3700 9821 3699 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 252DEG 31KT 3709 9839

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, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman46 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, 6:19 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

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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.