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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Sep 25, 2012, 6:13 PM CDT for Allen County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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
- Sep 25, 2012, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Allen County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 486 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -454 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1316 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 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 Sep 25, 2:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 2:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 210 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 .DISCUSSION... A STATIONARY FRONT WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR WICHITA TO EMPORIA BISECTING THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT MAY BECOME A FOCUS FOR DEEP MOIST CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH BETTER CHANCES EXPECTED AFTER 03-04Z ALONG/NORTH OF THE FRONT WHEN A STRONG LLJ NOSES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. MUCAPE AROUND 1500 J/KG AND BULK SHEAR AROUND 25+ KNOTS MAY SUPPORT A FEW STRONG/SEVERE STORM CLUSTERS BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PWATS ARE PROGGED TO INCREASE TO 1.3-1.6 INCHES OR 150-160 PERCENT OF NORMAL THROUGH WED SUPPORTING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN. THE BEST CHANCE FOR MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BE ALONG/NORTH OF THE OKLAHOMA STATE LINE AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE TURNPIKE WHERE 1-2+ INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WED MORNING. WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY...MAINTAINED MID POPS/SEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD AS THE MEAN TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL GREAT BASIN AREA IS PROGGED TO TRANSLATE SLOWLY EASTWARD TOWARD THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. THIS WAS HANDLED WELL IN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS MADE AT THIS TIME. TIMING UNCERTAINTY REMAINS WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE PERIOD. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AS THE INSTABILITY AXIS IS PROGGED TO SLIP SOUTH OF THE AREA. SATURDAY-TUESDAY...TRENDED POPS DOWN ON SATURDAY AS ANOTHER MID/UPPER TROUGH DIGS OVER THE GREAT LAKES AREA HELPING TO DRIVE THE REMNANT FRONT FURTHER SOUTH OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LIMITING POPS ACROSS THE AREA. BOTH THE GFS/ECMWF INDICATE A SHORTWAVE TROUGH DIGGING SOUTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON SUNDAY WHICH MAY BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS BUT MAINTAINED A DRY FORECAST WITH MINIMAL MOISTURE RETURN/PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF MID/UPPER TROUGH. A MID/UPPER RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE AREA AS WE MOVE INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS MON-TUE WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S/LOW 80S RETURNING. MWM && .AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH TONIGHT FROM SOUTHWEST/SOUTH CENTRAL KS TO NORTHERN MO. ISOLATED-WIDELY SCATTERED TS MAY DEVELOP LATE THIS PM/EVE ALONG/SOUTH OF THIS FRONT WITH MODEST CONVERGENCE/WEAKENING CAP. AN INCREASE IN STORM COVERAGE IS ANTICIPATED AFTER 03Z IN SOUTH CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KS AS A 45-50 KT SWRLY LOW-LEVEL JET DEVELOPS WITH SOME UPPER SUPPORT ARRIVING. THUNDERSTORMS LOOK MOST LIKELY TO AFFECT CNU...ICT AND HUT SITES TONIGHT. THE FRONT MAY SAG SOUTHWARD WEDNESDAY DEPENDING ON TONIGHTS COVERAGE OF STORMS. A LIGHT NE-ERLY WIND CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH OF THE FRONT...WITH A S-SWRLY WIND SOUTH OF THE FRONT WITH SOME GUSTS THIS PM. JMC && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 64 82 64 78 / 80 30 50 50 HUTCHINSON 62 79 62 76 / 70 30 50 50 NEWTON 62 80 62 76 / 70 40 50 50 ELDORADO 63 81 63 77 / 80 40 50 50 WINFIELD-KWLD 67 84 65 80 / 80 30 60 50 RUSSELL 59 79 58 76 / 30 30 40 40 GREAT BEND 60 79 60 75 / 40 30 40 50 SALINA 61 81 61 77 / 60 30 40 40 MCPHERSON 62 80 61 76 / 70 30 50 50 COFFEYVILLE 66 86 64 80 / 80 40 60 50 CHANUTE 64 84 64 78 / 80 50 60 50 IOLA 64 83 64 77 / 80 50 60 50 PARSONS-KPPF 65 85 64 79 / 80 50 60 50 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 25, 4:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 447 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-262200- RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 447 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. A FEW STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE HAIL OF DIME TO QUARTER SIZE...AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... WITH THE GREATEST CHANCES OCCURRING THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 5:19 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 519 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 KSZ069-252245- BUTLER- 519 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY... AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOUGLASS...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF WINFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. && LAT...LON 3748 9709 3780 9685 3766 9668 3747 9689 TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 217DEG 18KT 3753 9694 DARMOFAL
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 5:36 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 536 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 KSZ071-095-252300- WILSON-WOODSON- 536 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN WILSON AND SOUTHERN WOODSON COUNTIES... AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF YATES CENTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. && LAT...LON 3787 9577 3778 9558 3760 9578 3769 9596 TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 218DEG 25KT 3771 9580 DARMOFAL
Local storm report, Sep 25, 5:57 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
557 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0553 PM HAIL W ATLANTA 37.44N 96.77W
09/25/2012 E1.00 INCH COWLEY KS FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
ESTIMATED 65MPH WINDS AS WELL.
&&
JMBLocal storm report, Sep 25, 6:02 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
602 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM HAIL 4 S ROSALIA 37.76N 96.62W
09/25/2012 E0.88 INCH BUTLER KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
ARLSpecial weather statement, Sep 25, 6:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
613 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
KSZ072-252345-
ALLEN-
613 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ALLEN COUNTY...
AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF HUMBOLDT...OR 12 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
&&
LAT...LON 3780 9508 3773 9520 3773 9538 3774 9544
3804 9520 3790 9507 3782 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 231DEG 23KT 3779 9527
DARMOFALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 26 min |
| Sep 25, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Woodson | 24 min |
| Sep 25, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Woodson | 46 min |
| Sep 25, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Greenwood | 35 min |
| Sep 25, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 37 min |
| Sep 25, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 44 min |
| Sep 25, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 21 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.