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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wichita, KS

March 28, 2012Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2012, 7:53 PM CDT for Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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
Mar 28, 2012, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Greenwood County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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
Mar 28, 8:00 PM CDTHAIL 2.54 Se Madison, KSALSO REPORTING A STRONGLY ROTATING WALL CLOUD.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2012-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1317 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2012-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
1317 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1400 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

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

536 
WFUS53 KICT 290053
TORICT
KSC073-290115-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0006.120329T0053Z-120329T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
753 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 747 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED NUMEROUS FUNNEL 
CLOUDS NEAR MADISON...OR 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF EUREKA. A TORNADO MAY 
DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM 
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3817 9596 3801 9596 3802 9612 3816 9614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 261DEG 8KT 3809 9607
HAIL 2.75IN

$$

SMITH
1 follow-up statement
719 
WWUS53 KICT 290105
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
805 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012

KSC073-290115-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120329T0115Z/
GREENWOOD KS-
805 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENWOOD
COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 801 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SEVERAL FUNNEL 
CLOUDS.  A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS 
LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
YATES CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM HAS ALSO HAD A 
HISTORY OF PRODUCTING LARGE HAIL TO BASEBALL SIZE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3817 9596 3801 9596 3802 9612 3815 9614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 261DEG 8KT 3809 9604
HAIL 2.75IN

$$

SMITH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood30 min
Mar 28, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood30 min
Mar 28, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningICTGreenwood30 min
Mar 28, 8:18 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTGreenwood12 hr
Mar 28, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningICTGreenwood46 min
Mar 28, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood, Woodson62 min
Mar 28, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood29 min
Mar 28, 11:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood27 min
Mar 29, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey28 min
Mar 29, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, McPherson50 min
Mar 29, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion44 min
Mar 29, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion35 min
Mar 29, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey61 min
Mar 29, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion30 min
Mar 29, 6:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick39 min
Mar 29, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey63 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.