Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 1:15 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
- Apr 14, 2012, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Russell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 1:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Russell, KS | ON HIGHWAY 70 AT MILE MARKER 188 A FEW ROADS SIGNS ARE BLOWN OVER OR SNAPPED. TRASH BLOWN AROUND AT REST AREA EAST OF RUSSELL. |
| Apr 14, 1:22 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 74 | Russell Airport, KS | |
| Apr 14, 1:33 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Russell, KS | ELECTRIC LINES DOWN AND POWER POLE LINES SNAPPED. |
| Apr 14, 1:33 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Russell, KS | OUT BUILDING DAMAGED WITH DEBRI SCATTERED 3/4 OF MILE NORTHEAST OF IMPACT. |
| Apr 14, 1:33 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Russell, KS | ELECTRIC LINES DOWN AND POWER POLE LINES SNAPPED. |
| Apr 14, 1:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 4 N Lucas, KS | |
| Apr 14, 1:54 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lucas, KS | SOME OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED ALONG WITH POWER POLE LINES DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 10:43 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1516 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 432 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
813
WFUS53 KICT 141815
TORICT
KSC167-141845-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0009.120414T1815Z-120414T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
115 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 145 PM CDT
* AT 110 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...BUNKER HILL...LURAY...LUCAS...RUSSELL AIRPORT...WILSON
LAKE AND WALDO.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 177 AND 181.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3914 9882 3914 9849 3913 9848 3898 9849
3871 9887 3883 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 216DEG 33KT 3886 9887
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BILLINGS2 follow-up statements
378
WWUS53 KICT 141829
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
129 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
KSC167-141845-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120414T1845Z/
RUSSELL KS-
129 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL 145
PM CDT...
AT 124 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSSELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE POSSIBLE. MOBILE HOMES
COMPLETELY DESTROYED IF HIT. SOME TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.
VEHICLES WILL LIKELY BE THROWN BY TORNADIC WINDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LURAY...LUCAS...WILSON LAKE AND WALDO.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 177 AND 181.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3914 9882 3914 9849 3913 9848 3898 9849
3871 9887 3883 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 220DEG 45KT 3898 9873
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BILLINGS579
WWUS53 KICT 141836
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
136 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
KSC167-141845-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120414T1845Z/
RUSSELL KS-
136 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL 145
PM CDT...
AT 134 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF LURAY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
LURAY...LUCAS AND WILSON LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 177 AND 181.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3914 9882 3914 9849 3913 9849 3898 9849
3871 9887 3883 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 226DEG 39KT 3901 9866
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BILLINGSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Wilson | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 52 min |
| Apr 13, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 9:26 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 14 more | 25 hr |
| Apr 13, 9:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 10:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 34 min |
| Apr 13, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 12:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Woodson | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 12:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 4:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 1:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Russell | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 21 min |
| Apr 14, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 17 min |
| Apr 14, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Rice | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 46 min |
| Apr 14, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Rice | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Saline | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 39 min |
| Apr 14, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 13 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.