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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

August 4, 2012Marion County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2012, 1:04 AM CDT for Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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 4, 2012, 1:04 AM CDT (06:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2012, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

County Marion County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2012-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 498 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 2012-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
498 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2303 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
374 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

973 
WWUS83 KICT 040604
SPSICT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
104 AM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012

KSZ052-040645-
MARION-
104 AM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012

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

AT 100 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TAMPA...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION...
AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3861 9692 3853 9692 3853 9683 3838 9682
      3844 9735 3862 9734 3862 9693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0605Z 265DEG 32KT 3854 9716

$$

MCGUIRE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 8:27 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Harper, Labette, Montgomery and 3 more23 hr
Aug 3, 10:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton, Reno, Rice38 min
Aug 3, 11:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno, Rice49 min
Aug 4, 12:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey, Sedgwick37 min
Aug 4, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette31 min
Aug 4, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette32 min
Aug 4, 6:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette39 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.