Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2012, 11:17 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. 3 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, 11:17 PM CDT (04:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:20 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, 11:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Greenbush, KS | SHERIFF DEPUTY ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. |
| Apr 29, 11:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | West Mineral, KS | |
| Apr 29, 11:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | West Mineral, KS |
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 29, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 913 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
709
WUUS53 KSGF 300417
SVRSGF
KSC021-037-300500-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0087.120430T0417Z-120430T0500Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1117 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 1112 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALNUT TO 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MCCUNE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 70 MPH WINDS IN PARSONS
KANSAS.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. TREE
BRANCHES UP TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN. POSSIBLE
MINOR DAMAGE TO SHINGLE ROOFS AND METAL OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GIRARD...CARONA...CHEROKEE...ENGLEVALE...COLUMBUS...ARMA...WEIR...
PITTSBURG...FRONTENAC...WALNUT...HEPLER...MCCUNE...WEST MINERAL...
SCAMMON...GREENBUSH...SHERMAN...BRAZILTON...FAULKNER...HALLOWELL
AND FARLINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3767 9509 3767 9462 3711 9462 3705 9508
3738 9508 3739 9509 3751 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 257DEG 24KT 3757 9515 3710 9529
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70 MPH
$$
KARDELL1 follow-up statement
457
WWUS53 KSGF 300445
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1145 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
KSC021-037-300500-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-120430T0500Z/
CHEROKEE KS-CRAWFORD KS-
1145 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CRAWFORD AND
CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...
AT 1142 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM HEPLER TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST MINERAL...AND
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. TREE BRANCHES
UP TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN. POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE
TO SHINGLE ROOFS AND METAL OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLUMBUS...GIRARD...CARONA...CHEROKEE...WEIR...ENGLEVALE...ARMA...
PITTSBURG...FRONTENAC...WEST MINERAL...SCAMMON...ARCADIA...SHERWIN...
FARLINGTON...NEUTRAL...STIPPVILLE...BEULAH...ROSELAND...SKIDMORE AND
RINGO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3767 9509 3767 9462 3711 9462 3705 9508
3738 9508 3739 9509 3751 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 0444Z 252DEG 31KT 3767 9493 3725 9498
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70 MPH
$$
KARDELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 9:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 9 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 16 min |
| Apr 30, 12:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Cherokee | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 6:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 12 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 66 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.