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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

May 29, 2012Labette County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2012, 12:47 AM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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 29, 2012, 12:47 AM CDT (05:47 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2012, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

County Labette County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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: 1923 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.4

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

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 28, 11:52 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 11:52 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 10:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1000 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-300300-
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-
1000 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS FAR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE HAIL TO NICKEL SIZE
AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA ON TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. SOME STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THERE IS
CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE TIMING OF THE STORMS. THIS WILL
AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AND THE MAGNITUDE OF THE THREAT.
AT THIS POINT...SMALL HAIL AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE THE PRIMARY
THREAT.  PLEASE CHECK LATER OUTLOOKS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.

ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE FORECAST ON SATURDAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ROUGHLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 400.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 10:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1024 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

KSZ098-290400-
CHAUTAUQUA-
1024 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...

AT 1023 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELGIN...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SEDAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3699 9648 3705 9650 3730 9598 3729 9596
      3699 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 244DEG 20KT 3704 9625

BILLINGS

Special weather statement, May 28, 10:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1052 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

KSZ099-290415-
MONTGOMERY-
1052 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY...

AT 1051 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAVANA...OR 16
MILES NORTHWEST OF COFFEYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3723 9597 3738 9552 3700 9553 3699 9593
      3700 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 250DEG 23KT 3716 9586

BILLINGS

Special weather statement, May 28, 11:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1115 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

KSZ099-100-290445-
LABETTE-MONTGOMERY-
1115 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LABETTE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

AT 1110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHERRYVALE...OR 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF COFFEYVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3725 9579 3735 9551 3722 9526 3699 9551
      3700 9553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 302DEG 7KT 3721 9551

BILLINGS

Local storm report, May 28, 11:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 11:51 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 12:47 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 8:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	48 min
May 28, 10:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	33 min
May 28, 10:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	36 min
May 28, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	48 min
May 28, 10:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery	23 min
May 28, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	30 min
May 28, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery	24 min
May 29, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	28 min
May 29, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	34 min
May 29, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	38 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

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.