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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Wichita, KS

May 19, 2012Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2012, 8:36 PM CDT for Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 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.

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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

274 
WUUS53 KICT 200136
SVRICT
KSC015-173-200215-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0098.120520T0136Z-120520T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 834 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSE HILL...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
  EL DORADO...ANDOVER...DOUGLASS...AUGUSTA...TOWANDA AND LEON.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51 AND 73.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3779 9709 3787 9683 3760 9660 3748 9691
      3748 9724 3761 9730
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 243DEG 30KT 3757 9714

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

LAWSON

2 follow-up statements

459 
WWUS53 KICT 200150
SVSICT

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

KSC173-200200-
/O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120520T0215Z/
SEDGWICK KS-
850 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3764 9715 3779 9709 3787 9683 3760 9660
      3748 9691 3748 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 243DEG 30KT 3764 9696

$$

KSC015-200215-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120520T0215Z/
BUTLER KS-
850 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 847 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AUGUSTA...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...TOWANDA AND LEON.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 74.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3764 9715 3779 9709 3787 9683 3760 9660
      3748 9691 3748 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 243DEG 30KT 3764 9696

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

LAWSON

682 
WWUS53 KICT 200211
SVSICT

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

KSC015-200221-
/O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120520T0215Z/
BUTLER KS-
911 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3764 9715 3779 9709 3787 9683 3760 9660
      3748 9691 3748 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 243DEG 30KT 3772 9676

$$

LAWSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sumner	46 min
May 19, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	49 min
May 19, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	37 min
May 19, 8:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	34 min
May 19, 8:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	25 min
May 19, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	35 min
May 19, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	46 min
May 19, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	28 min
May 19, 9:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	28 min
May 19, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	34 min
May 19, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	28 min
May 19, 10:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	28 min
May 19, 10:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	34 min
May 19, 10:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	24 min
May 19, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	27 min
May 20, 12:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	29 min
May 20, 12:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	60 min
May 20, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	59 min
May 20, 1:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	30 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.