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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2012, 3:08 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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 13, 2012, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2012, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Montgomery County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 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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</html>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 13, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 147 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012 KSZ096-131915- NEOSHO- 147 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NEOSHO COUNTY... AT 142 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ERIE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHANUTE... AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOODING WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT. && LAT...LON 3753 9509 3741 9538 3758 9543 3763 9528 TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 335DEG 6KT 3756 9532 HOWERTON
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:23 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
223 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
KSZ095-131945-
WILSON-
223 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WILSON COUNTY...
AT 217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FREDONIA...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CHANUTE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING
BETWEEN FRENDONIA AND NEODESHA. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY BRIEFLY OVERWHELM
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS.
TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY...DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOODING WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR
MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT.
&&
LAT...LON 3738 9554 3738 9568 3739 9594 3755 9584
3756 9563 3739 9553
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 003DEG 8KT 3751 9577
HOWERTONSpecial weather statement, Jul 13, 3:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 308 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012 KSZ099-132045- MONTGOMERY- 308 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY... AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LIBERTY...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF COFFEYVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAIN IS LIKELY. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. REDUCED VISIBILITY IN TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY IN THE AREA BETWEEN INDEPENDENCE AND COFFEYVILLE. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOODING WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT. && LAT...LON 3700 9584 3726 9569 3726 9552 3699 9553 TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 340DEG 10KT 3716 9564 HOWERTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Neosho | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Wilson | 22 min |
| Jul 13, 2:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 113 min |
| Jul 13, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 35 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.