Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2012, 8:13 PM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2012, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2012, 8:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Republic County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 2876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
993
WUUS53 KTOP 290113
SVRTOP
KSC157-290200-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0022.120329T0113Z-120329T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
813 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COURTLAND...OR 18 MILES
WEST OF BELLEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COURTLAND...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
SAFETY MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OR A BASEMENT. IF
YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3989 9793 3984 9777 3965 9787 3965 9793
3985 9794 3989 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 197DEG 10KT 3975 9796
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.25IN
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KTOP 290120
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
820 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012
KSC157-290200-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120329T0200Z/
REPUBLIC-
820 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL REPUBLIC COUNTY...
AT 816 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COURTLAND...
OR 16 MILES WEST OF BELLEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL REPUBLIC COUNTY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL AS WELL
AS DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3989 9793 3985 9781 3975 9789 3976 9794
3985 9794 3989 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 200DEG 16KT 3981 9792
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN
$$100
WWUS53 KTOP 290141
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
841 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012
KSC157-290151-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120329T0200Z/
REPUBLIC-
841 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL REPUBLIC COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST
REPUBLIC COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM.
AT 841 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 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 3989 9793 3985 9781 3975 9789 3976 9794
3985 9794 3989 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 200DEG 16KT 3990 9788
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 21 min |
| Mar 28, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 8:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 9:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Nemaha | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 11:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 2:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown | 25 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.