Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2012, 5:58 PM CST for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min. 4 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
- Feb 28, 2012, 5:58 PM CST (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2012, 6:34 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Republic County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 6:02 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Belleville, KS | SOME ROOFS OF OUTBUILDINGS BLOWN OFF |
| Feb 28, 6:06 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | E Belleville, KS | POWER POLES AND TREES BLOWN DOWN ON THE EAST SIDE OF BELLEVILLE...DELAYED REPORT |
| Feb 28, 6:07 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Belleville, KS | POWER LINES DOWN IN BELLEVILLE. |
| Feb 28, 6:09 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Belleville, KS | FARM SHEDS DAMAGED...DELAYED REPORT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 3:53 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 433 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KTOP 282358
SVRTOP
KSC157-290045-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0002.120228T2358Z-120229T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
558 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CST
* AT 553 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SCANDIA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELLEVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELLEVILLE...
MUNDEN...
NARKA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED
ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A
BUILDING NOW.
STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 4001 9736 3988 9737 3966 9771 3977 9788
4001 9761
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 229DEG 39KT 3979 9769
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
BLAIR2 follow-up statements
372
WWUS53 KTOP 290024 RRA
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
624 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
KSC157-290045-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120229T0045Z/
REPUBLIC-
624 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY...
AT 621 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NARKA...OR 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BELLEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NARKA AND MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED
ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE FOR STRONG WINDS AS
WELL AS DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 4000 9745 4000 9737 3996 9736 3988 9737
3982 9747 3991 9756 4001 9751 4001 9745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 229DEG 39KT 3997 9741
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN
$$
BLAIR499
WWUS53 KTOP 290034
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
634 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
KSC157-290044-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120229T0045Z/
REPUBLIC-
634 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 634 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO
LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE
FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 4000 9745 4000 9737 3996 9736 3988 9737
3982 9747 3991 9756 4001 9751 4001 9745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 229DEG 39KT 4004 9730
$$
BLAIRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 12:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson | 16 min |
| Feb 28, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 29 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.