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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Nov 11, 2012, 12:18 AM CST for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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
- Nov 11, 2012, 12:18 AM CST (06:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2012, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Cowley County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1233 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Nov 10, 11:31 PM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 11:31 PM CST, 47 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1116 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-120530- 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- 1116 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FEW STRONG WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS ALONG THE KANSAS TURNPIKE THROUGH 3 AM...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE POSSIBLE. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO THE WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS SUNDAY MORNING. THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG OR SEVERE. VERY HIGH WILDFIRE DANGER POTENTIAL WILL EXIST SUNDAY INTO MONDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .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 KETCHAM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 10:05 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1218 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2012 KSZ069-083-092-093-110700- BUTLER-COWLEY-SEDGWICK-SUMNER- 1218 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BUTLER...COWLEY...SEDGWICK AND SUMNER COUNTIES... AT 1216 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BELLE PLAINE...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF WELLINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. && LAT...LON 3783 9705 3756 9670 3717 9711 3745 9730 TIME...MOT...LOC 0618Z 221DEG 49KT 3743 9720 MCGUIRE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 6:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 56 min |
| Nov 10, 6:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 53 min |
| Nov 10, 7:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 33 min |
| Nov 10, 7:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Saline | 28 min |
| Nov 10, 7:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 35 min |
| Nov 10, 7:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 40 min |
| Nov 10, 7:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Reno, Rice | 53 min |
| Nov 10, 8:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 43 min |
| Nov 10, 8:55 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 50 min |
| Nov 10, 9:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 40 min |
| Nov 10, 9:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 44 min |
| Nov 10, 9:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 30 min |
| Nov 10, 10:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 25 min |
| Nov 10, 10:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 37 min |
| Nov 11, 5:22 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Neosho | 23 min |
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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.