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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at May 1, 2012, 12:59 AM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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 1, 2012, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2012, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Labette County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 1, 12:55 AM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 12:55 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 503 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-011500- RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 503 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN CONCERNS ARE FOR LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF-BALL SIZE AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. FLOODING CONTINUES TO AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS DUE TO RECENT VERY HEAVY RAINS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN AFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE VERY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS. ANY STORM THAT IS ABLE TO DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. STRONG OR POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA AS STORMS MOVE-IN FROM THE WEST. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP KED/BILLINGS/JMC/LAWSON
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 66 min |
| Apr 30, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 67 min |
| Apr 30, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 56 min |
| Apr 30, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 14 min |
| Apr 30, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 63 min |
| Apr 30, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 15 min |
| Apr 30, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 9:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 12 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 67 min |
| Apr 30, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Neosho | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 10:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 10:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 12 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 26 min |
| May 1, 12:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 25 min |
| May 1, 12:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 44 min |
| May 1, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 25 min |
| May 1, 6:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase, Marion | 25 min |
| May 1, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 27 min |
| May 1, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 6 hr |
| May 1, 9:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Labette, Montgomery | 6 hr |
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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.