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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

August 3, 2012Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2012, 3:39 AM CDT for Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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
Aug 3, 2012, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2012, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

County Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2012-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1072 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2012-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1072 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1921 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

514 
WWUS83 KICT 030839
SPSICT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
339 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012

KSZ070-030930-
GREENWOOD-
339 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012

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

AT 336 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EUREKA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3778 9637 3795 9633 3806 9596 3783 9595
      3775 9596 3762 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0840Z 280DEG 27KT 3785 9623

$$

MCGUIRE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 4:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWilson43 min
Aug 3, 4:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRice61 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.