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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Wichita, KS

May 19, 2012Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2012, 6:20 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2012, 6:50 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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°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.

164 
WUUS53 KICT 192320
SVRICT
KSC095-155-200000-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0092.120519T2320Z-120520T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 615 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF PRETTY PRAIRIE...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...
  MT VERNON AND CHENEY LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3762 9807 3782 9806 3787 9779 3761 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 267DEG 34KT 3771 9788

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

$$

LAWSON
2 follow-up statements
973 
WWUS53 KICT 192334
SVSICT

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

KSC095-155-200000-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-120520T0000Z/
RENO KS-KINGMAN KS-
634 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
KINGMAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL RENO COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 632 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CHENEY...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...
CHENEY LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3762 9807 3782 9806 3787 9779 3761 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 268DEG 24KT 3773 9782

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

$$

COOK
903 
WWUS53 KICT 192350
SVSICT

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

KSC095-155-192359-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-120520T0000Z/
RENO KS-KINGMAN KS-
650 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KINGMAN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL RENO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 3762 9807 3782 9806 3787 9779 3761 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 268DEG 24KT 3773 9769

$$

LAWSON

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, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman47 min
May 19, 6:19 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTHarper, Kingman26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.