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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

July 7, 2012Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT for Russell 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
Jul 7, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

County Russell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -53 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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.

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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 Jul 7, 3:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 3:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 4:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 6:16 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 6:28 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
628 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012

KSZ047-080000-
BARTON-
628 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012

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

AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OLMITZ...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT
BEND. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3869 9904 3870 9894 3869 9875 3842 9882
      3843 9904 3847 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 108DEG 2KT 3858 9895

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 6:39 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
639 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012

KSZ096-080015-
NEOSHO-
639 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012

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

AT 635 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ST. PAUL...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PARSONS...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3738 9509 3741 9538 3768 9528 3761 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 113DEG 7KT 3750 9510

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 6:45 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
645 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012

KSZ032-080015-
RUSSELL-
645 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012

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

AT 644 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF GALATIA...OR 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3884 9904 3889 9904 3892 9891 3870 9880
      3869 9904 3876 9905 3884 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 147DEG 6KT 3873 9895

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth23 min
Jul 7, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey27 min
Jul 7, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson29 min
Jul 7, 6:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton32 min
Jul 7, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho36 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.