Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 44, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2012, 5:46 PM CDT for Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. 7 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
- May 19, 2012, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2012, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Kingman County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 5:49 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Kingman, KS | SPOTTER REPORTED ROPE TORNADO |
| May 19, 5:53 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Nne Kingman, KS | SPOTTER REPORTED LANDSPOUT TORNADO |
| May 19, 5:57 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Kingman, KS | |
| May 19, 5:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nw Spivey, KS | ROPE TORNADO. |
| May 19, 6:01 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Sw Kingman, KS | |
| May 19, 6:03 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 4 Ene Kingman, KS | |
| May 19, 6:06 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 5 Ene Kingman, KS |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 450 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -768 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1247 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 445 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
478
WFUS53 KICT 192246
TORICT
KSC095-192315-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0044.120519T2246Z-120519T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
546 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 544 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF PRETTY PRAIRIE TO KINGMAN TO
ZENDA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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...
KINGMAN...KINGMAN AIRPORT AND CLEVELAND.
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 3773 9794 3747 9808 3746 9833 3772 9817
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 278DEG 18KT 3774 9812 3762 9818
3749 9827
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
COOK2 follow-up statements
559
WWUS53 KICT 192258
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
558 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
KSC095-192315-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120519T2315Z/
KINGMAN KS-
558 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KINGMAN COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 553 PM CDT...A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM PRETTY PRAIRIE TO KINGMAN TO ZENDA...AND MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. SEVERAL REPORTS OF ROPE
TYPE TORNADOES.
IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE POSSIBLE. MOBILE HOMES
COMPLETELY DESTROYED IF HIT. SOME TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.
VEHICLES WILL LIKELY BE THROWN BY TORNADIC WINDS.
THESE TORNADOES ARE OCCURRING ALONG A LINE OF DEVELOPING STORMS.
THE STRONGEST OF THE 3 CIRCULATIONS WAS 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WILLOWDALE IN KINGMAN COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLEVELAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3773 9794 3747 9808 3746 9833 3772 9817
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 278DEG 18KT 3773 9806 3761 9812
3748 9821
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
COOK396
WWUS53 KICT 192305
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
605 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
KSC095-192315-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120519T2315Z/
KINGMAN KS-
605 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KINGMAN COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 602 PM CDT...A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM PRETTY PRAIRIE TO KINGMAN TO 7 MILES EAST OF
ZENDA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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.
SEVERAL ROPE TYPE TORNADOES REPORTED SOUTHWEST OF KINGMAN. 3 INCH
HAIL WAS ALSO OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL KINGMAN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3773 9794 3747 9808 3746 9833 3772 9817
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 278DEG 18KT 3773 9801 3761 9807
3748 9816
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
COOKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 34 min |
| May 19, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 43 min |
| May 19, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 44 min |
| May 19, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 44 min |
| May 19, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 39 min |
| May 19, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 36 min |
| May 19, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 46 min |
| May 19, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 28 min |
| May 19, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 46 min |
| May 19, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline | 32 min |
| May 19, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 33 min |
| May 19, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 47 min |
| May 19, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 26 min |
| May 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 30 min |
| May 19, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 39 min |
| May 19, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 33 min |
| May 19, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Saline | 35 min |
| May 19, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 36 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.