Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2012, 7:58 PM CDT for Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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
- May 30, 2012, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Shawnee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:06 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Topeka, KS | RELAYED BY WIBW STUDIOS |
| May 30, 8:08 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Topeka, KS | NEAR WIBW STUDIOS OFF OF WANAMAKER ROAD. |
| May 30, 8:08 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 4 W Topeka, KS | POWER OUTAGES REPORTED FROM NORTH TOPEKA WEST INTO WILLARD, ROSSVILLE AND SILVERLAKE. |
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 30, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 1 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
- 219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
685
WUUS53 KTOP 310058
SVRTOP
KSC177-310130-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0076.120531T0058Z-120531T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
758 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 754 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TOPEKA...AND
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR TREE DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
BROKEN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOPEKA...PAULINE...BERRYTON...TECUMSEH...RICHLAND.
THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND 188.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3887 9569 3889 9587 3916 9580 3910 9559
3907 9560 3905 9558 3907 9555 3907 9551
3906 9550 3887 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 287DEG 29KT 3906 9573
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
738
WWUS53 KTOP 310110
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
810 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
KSC177-310130-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120531T0130Z/
SHAWNEE KS-
810 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
SHAWNEE COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 808 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTRAL
TOPEKA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. SEVERAL REPORTS OF WINDS OF 55 TO
60 MPH WERE RECEIVED FROM THE WEST SIDE OF TOPEKA.
IMPACT...MINOR TREE DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOPEKA...PAULINE...BERRYTON...TECUMSEH...RICHLAND...BILLARD AIRPORT
AND FORBES FIELD.
THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 188.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3887 9550 3887 9569 3888 9580 3916 9580
3910 9559 3907 9560 3905 9558 3907 9555
3906 9552 3907 9551 3906 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 288DEG 28KT 3905 9571
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 48 min |
| May 30, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 32 min |
| May 30, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 36 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.