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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Wichita, KS

May 19, 2012Kingman County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2012, 6:12 PM CDT for Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
2.5 in

County Kingman County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 19, 6:15 PM CDTTORNADOS Spivey, KSROPE TORNADO.

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
May 19, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2012-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 450 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2012-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 330 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

033 
WFUS53 KICT 192312
TORICT
KSC095-192345-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0045.120519T2312Z-120519T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
612 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 645 PM CDT

* AT 610 PM CDT...A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WAS LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF KINGMAN TO 10 MILES
  NORTH OF HARPER...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL 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.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MURDOCK.

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.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A FEW BRIEF TORNADOES. TAKE 
COVER IN A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3761 9787 3744 9787 3745 9821 3762 9813
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 291DEG 20KT 3763 9795 3742 9805

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

LAWSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton34 min
May 19, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton43 min
May 19, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell44 min
May 19, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno44 min
May 19, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln39 min
May 19, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth36 min
May 19, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno46 min
May 19, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth28 min
May 19, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman46 min
May 19, 5:46 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTKingman29 min
May 19, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Saline32 min
May 19, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman47 min
May 19, 6:19 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTHarper, Kingman26 min
May 19, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno30 min
May 19, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice39 min
May 19, 6:42 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTHarper, Kingman33 min
May 19, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, McPherson, Saline35 min
May 19, 6:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.