Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 48, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2012, 6:42 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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 25, 2012, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 2.75 in
County Russell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 25, 6:48 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 S Gorham, KS | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS TORNADO AT THE LOCATION INDICATED. |
| May 25, 7:15 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 S Russell, KS | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS A FUNNEL CLOUD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 568 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 982 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
147
WFUS53 KICT 252342
TORICT
KSC167-260030-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0048.120525T2342Z-120526T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
642 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 640 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VICTORIA...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSSELL...GORHAM...PARADISE...BUNKER HILL...RUSSELL AIRPORT AND
WALDO.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 194.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3913 9905 3914 9903 3914 9874 3877 9866
3874 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 243DEG 30KT 3884 9907
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
CARUSO2 follow-up statements
291
WWUS53 KICT 252355
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
655 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012
KSC167-260030-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120526T0030Z/
RUSSELL KS-
655 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 651 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF GORHAM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE POSSIBLE. MOBILE HOMES
COMPLETELY DESTROYED IF HIT. SOME TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.
VEHICLES WILL LIKELY BE THROWN BY TORNADIC WINDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSSELL...PARADISE...BUNKER HILL...RUSSELL AIRPORT AND WALDO.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 194.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3913 9905 3914 9903 3914 9874 3877 9866
3874 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 243DEG 17KT 3885 9897
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
CARUSO909
WWUS53 KICT 260010
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
710 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012
KSC167-260030-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120526T0030Z/
RUSSELL KS-
710 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 705 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSSELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND TENNIS 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...
RUSSELL...PARADISE...BUNKER HILL...RUSSELL AIRPORT AND WALDO.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 194.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3913 9905 3914 9903 3914 9874 3877 9866
3874 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 249DEG 19KT 3888 9887
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
CARUSOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 56 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.