Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT for Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
- Mar 28, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Greenwood County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 8:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Madison, KS | |
| Mar 28, 8:50 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 Se Madison, KS | LARGE WELL DEVELOPED FUNNEL 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
512
WFUS53 KICT 290115
TORICT
KSC073-290145-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0007.120329T0115Z-120329T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
815 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 845 PM CDT
* AT 809 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS
NEAR MADISON...OR 22 MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP
AT ANY TIME. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCTING BASEBALL
SIZED HAIL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY.
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 3817 9616 3817 9596 3800 9596 3801 9605
3810 9617
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 252DEG 12KT 3811 9606
HAIL 2.75IN
$$
SMITH1 follow-up statement
848
WWUS53 KICT 290138
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
838 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012
KSC073-290145-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120329T0145Z/
GREENWOOD KS-
838 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENWOOD
COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 836 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WELL DEFINED
WALL CLOUD 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY
TIME. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MADISON...OR 22 MILES
SOUTH OF EMPORIA...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM ALSO HAS A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SISED HAIL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3817 9616 3817 9596 3800 9596 3801 9605
3810 9617
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 252DEG 3KT 3811 9608
HAIL 2.75IN
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 22 min |
| Mar 28, 8:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 12 hr |
| Mar 28, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 29 min |
| Mar 28, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 27 min |
| Mar 29, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 28 min |
| Mar 29, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson | 50 min |
| Mar 29, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 35 min |
| Mar 29, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 61 min |
| Mar 29, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 30 min |
| Mar 29, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 39 min |
| Mar 29, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 63 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.