Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2012, 4:07 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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 29, 2012, 4:07 AM CDT (09:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2012, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 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 29, 4:24 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ese Cherokee, KS | |
| Apr 29, 4:38 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Frontenac, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 1804 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
857
WUUS53 KSGF 290907
SVRSGF
KSC021-037-290945-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0078.120429T0907Z-120429T0945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
407 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 445 AM CDT
* AT 406 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST
MINERAL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARONA...WEIR...CHEROKEE...GIRARD...PITTSBURG...FRONTENAC...ARMA...
ENGLEVALE...SCAMMON...MULBERRY...SKIDMORE...ROSELAND...BEULAH...
CHICOPEE...LONE OAK...OPOLIS...RINGO...POLK...FARLINGTON AND
FRANKLIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3768 9483 3767 9481 3756 9462 3728 9462
3712 9490 3732 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0907Z 226DEG 35KT 3728 9490
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH
$$
SCHAUMANN2 follow-up statements
865
WWUS53 KSGF 290921
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
421 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
KSC021-037-290945-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-120429T0945Z/
CHEROKEE KS-CRAWFORD KS-
421 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
CRAWFORD AND NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 445 AM CDT...
AT 417 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCAMMON...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCAMMON...GIRARD...PITTSBURG...FRONTENAC...ARMA...ENGLEVALE...
BEULAH...CHICOPEE...LONE OAK...OPOLIS...RINGO...POLK...FRANKLIN...
YALE AND CROWEBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3733 9495 3764 9476 3756 9462 3728 9462
3718 9480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0920Z 226DEG 35KT 3731 9479
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH
$$
SCHAUMANN787
WWUS53 KSGF 290937
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
437 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
KSC021-037-290946-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-120429T0945Z/
CHEROKEE KS-CRAWFORD KS-
437 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD AND
NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 AM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 3733 9495 3764 9476 3756 9462 3728 9462
3718 9480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0936Z 226DEG 35KT 3742 9465
$$
SCHAUMANNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 6:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 40 hr |
Nearby
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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.