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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Wichita, KS

April 14, 2012Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 5:13 PM CDT for Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2012, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

County Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 14, 5:30 PM CDTHAIL 0.5Frederick, KS
Apr 14, 5:35 PM CDTTORNADO6 Se Geneseo, KSTORNADO ON GROUND
Apr 14, 5:37 PM CDTTORNADO4 S Geneseo, KSLARGE WEDGE TORNADO.
Apr 14, 5:45 PM CDTTORNADO8 Nw Little River, KSWEDGE TORNADO STILL ON GROUND.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 10:43 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1516 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 413 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1516 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
413 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
432 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.6

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The text

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

535 
WFUS53 KICT 142213
TORICT
KSC159-142245-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0014.120414T2213Z-120414T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
513 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 509 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RAYMOND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE POSSIBLE. MOBILE
           HOMES COMPLETELY DESTROYED IF HIT. SOME TREES UPROOTED OR
           SNAPPED. VEHICLES WILL LIKELY BE THROWN BY TORNADIC WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHASE...BUSHTON...LYONS...GENESEO AND FREDERICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS 
IN EFFECT FOR RICE COUNTY.

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3852 9848 3852 9793 3843 9792 3825 9842
      3831 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 230DEG 38KT 3835 9836

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BILLINGS
2 follow-up statements
787 
WWUS53 KICT 142228
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
528 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC159-142245-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120414T2245Z/
RICE KS-
528 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN RICE COUNTY UNTIL
545 PM CDT...

AT 523 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LYONS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE POSSIBLE. MOBILE HOMES
         COMPLETELY DESTROYED IF HIT. SOME TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.
         VEHICLES WILL LIKELY BE THROWN BY TORNADIC WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GENESEO AND FREDERICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3852 9848 3852 9793 3843 9792 3825 9842
      3831 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 229DEG 38KT 3843 9820

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BILLINGS
041 
WWUS53 KICT 142236
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
536 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC159-142245-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120414T2245Z/
RICE KS-
536 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN RICE COUNTY UNTIL
545 PM CDT...

AT 533 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LYONS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...MAJOR HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE LIKELY AND COMPLETE
         DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE. NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED. MAJOR POWER
         OUTAGES IN PATH OF TORNADO HIGHLY LIKELY. SOME ROADS
         POSSIBLY BLOCKED BY TORNADO DEBRIS. COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF
         VEHICLES LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GENESEO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3852 9848 3852 9793 3843 9792 3825 9842
      3831 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 234DEG 30KT 3844 9813

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...SIGNIFICANT
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BILLINGS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk45 min
Apr 13, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWilson50 min
Apr 13, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner52 min
Apr 13, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick47 min
Apr 13, 9:26 PM CDTWind AdvisoryICTBarton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 14 more25 hr
Apr 13, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley31 min
Apr 13, 10:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk34 min
Apr 13, 11:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTElk31 min
Apr 14, 12:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWoodson36 min
Apr 14, 12:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood52 min
Apr 14, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson37 min
Apr 14, 4:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette47 min
Apr 14, 10:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell50 min
Apr 14, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell45 min
Apr 14, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell30 min
Apr 14, 1:23 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTRussell2 hr
Apr 14, 1:43 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln, Russell21 min
Apr 14, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Russell17 min
Apr 14, 4:34 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Rice41 min
Apr 14, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman, Reno46 min
Apr 14, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth34 min
Apr 14, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Saline42 min
Apr 14, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningICTReno39 min
Apr 14, 5:43 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSignificant damage threatICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline47 min
Apr 14, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman47 min
Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSignificant damage threatICTSaline41 min
Apr 14, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman, Reno44 min
Apr 14, 6:57 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSignificant damage threatICTSaline13 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.