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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

August 8, 2012Woodson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2012, 7:44 PM CDT for Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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 8, 2012, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

County Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2012-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1202 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

771 
WWUS83 KICT 090044
SPSICT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
744 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

KSZ070-071-090115-
GREENWOOD-WOODSON-
744 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT 
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN GREENWOOD AND WESTERN WOODSON 
COUNTIES...

AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES EAST OF HAMILTON...OR 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF YATES CENTER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THIS STORM INTENSIFIES AND 
BECOMES SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3773 9576 3773 9599 3799 9615 3806 9596
      3804 9595 3804 9592 3774 9572
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 335DEG 20KT 3794 9599

$$

KLEINSASSER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWoodson32 min
Aug 8, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWoodson23 min
Aug 8, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho, Wilson28 min

Nearby

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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.