Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2012, 6:41 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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
- Apr 15, 2012, 6:41 AM CDT (11:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 11 W Columbus, KS | WINDS ESTIMATED AT 50 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR. |
| Apr 15, 7:14 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Weir, KS | 8 INCH TREE SNAPPED...ROOF OFF OF BUILDING |
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 15, 6:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 532 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1275 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 443 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KSGF 151141
SVRSGF
KSC011-021-037-151230-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0067.120415T1141Z-120415T1230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
641 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 730 AM CDT
* AT 640 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM WALNUT TO 22 MILES WEST OF TREECE...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GIRARD...CARONA...COLUMBUS...CHEROKEE...BAXTER SPRINGS...
ENGLEVALE...WEIR...ARMA...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...FRONTENAC...
GALENA...WALNUT...MCCUNE...HEPLER...UNIONTOWN...WEST MINERAL...
TREECE...REDFIELD AND SCAMMON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3784 9509 3792 9462 3702 9461 3699 9497
3700 9508 3738 9508 3739 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1141Z 247DEG 38KT 3759 9512 3708 9521
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
LINDENBERG2 follow-up statements
059
WWUS53 KSGF 151205
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
705 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
KSC011-021-037-151230-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-120415T1230Z/
BOURBON KS-CHEROKEE KS-CRAWFORD KS-
705 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CRAWFORD...
CHEROKEE AND SOUTHEASTERN BOURBON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 AM CDT...
AT 703 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM FORT SCOTT TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF TREECE...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
IN ADDITION...50 TO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS WERE REPORTED WITH THESE
STORMS 11 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS KANSAS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GIRARD...CARONA...FORT SCOTT...CHEROKEE...COLUMBUS...ENGLEVALE...
WEIR...ARMA...BAXTER SPRINGS...PITTSBURG...FRONTENAC...GALENA...
TREECE...SCAMMON...ARCADIA...MULBERRY...PAWNEE STATION...BEULAH...
ROSELAND AND RINGO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3786 9493 3792 9462 3702 9461 3699 9497
3700 9508 3739 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1204Z 247DEG 38KT 3786 9476 3708 9497
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
LINDENBERG384
WWUS53 KSGF 151228
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
728 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
KSC011-021-037-151236-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-120415T1230Z/
BOURBON KS-CHEROKEE KS-CRAWFORD KS-
728 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CRAWFORD AND CHEROKEE HAS
BEEN REISSUED FOR THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTIES.
THE WARNING FOR BOURBON COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM.
LAT...LON 3786 9493 3792 9462 3702 9461 3699 9497
3700 9508 3739 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1226Z 247DEG 38KT 3795 9449 3717 9470
$$
LINDENBERGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 4:13 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 14 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Bourbon | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 7:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 8:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 6 hr |
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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.