Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2012, 7:53 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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
- May 19, 2012, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2012, 8:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Dickinson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Ese Abilene, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
877
WUUS53 KTOP 200053
SVRTOP
KSC041-200130-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0063.120520T0053Z-120520T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
753 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 748 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOLOMON...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
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...
ABILENE...ENTERPRISE...TALMAGE...MOONLIGHT AND CHAPMAN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 268 AND 289.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3914 9717 3913 9696 3903 9696 3897 9697
3896 9696 3894 9696 3881 9730 3895 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 225DEG 37KT 3895 9725
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
BOWEN3 follow-up statements
899
WWUS53 KTOP 200100
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
800 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
KSC041-200130-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-120520T0130Z/
DICKINSON KS-
800 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
DICKINSON COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 757 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ABILENE...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOONLIGHT AND CHAPMAN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 274 AND 289.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3914 9717 3913 9696 3903 9696 3898 9697
3896 9696 3894 9696 3884 9723 3894 9725
3901 9732
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 225DEG 37KT 3900 9718
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
BOWEN421
WWUS53 KTOP 200107
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
807 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
KSC041-200130-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-120520T0130Z/
DICKINSON KS-
807 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
DICKINSON COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 802 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOONLIGHT...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ON
THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF ABILENE AT 800 PM CDT.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOONLIGHT AND CHAPMAN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 277 AND 289.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3914 9717 3913 9696 3903 9696 3898 9697
3896 9696 3894 9696 3889 9718 3899 9720
3905 9728
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 232DEG 34KT 3901 9712
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
BOWEN205
WWUS53 KTOP 200118
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
818 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
KSC041-200128-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-120520T0130Z/
DICKINSON KS-
818 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DICKINSON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST TOWARD MILFORD LAKE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3914 9717 3913 9696 3903 9696 3898 9697
3896 9696 3894 9696 3889 9718 3899 9720
3905 9728
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 232DEG 34KT 3908 9700
$$
BOWENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Ottawa | 23 min |
| May 19, 10:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey | 25 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.