Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2012, 8:42 PM CDT for Marshall County, Riley County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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
- Jun 10, 2012, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2012, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Marshall County, KS, Riley County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:42 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Sse Barnes, KS | |
| Jun 10, 9:04 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 8 Nnw Randolph, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 2323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
392
WUUS53 KTOP 110142
SVRTOP
KSC117-161-201-110230-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0082.120611T0142Z-120611T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
842 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
NORTHERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 840 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
GREEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLUE RAPIDS AND RANDOLPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3973 9655 3946 9670 3946 9671 3945 9672
3943 9671 3942 9673 3942 9672 3938 9696
3962 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 257DEG 17KT 3953 9695
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50 MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
143
WWUS53 KTOP 110200
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
900 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
KSC117-161-201-110230-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-120611T0230Z/
RILEY KS-MARSHALL KS-WASHINGTON KS-
900 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
WASHINGTON...SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL AND NORTHERN RILEY COUNTIES
UNTIL 930 PM CDT...
AT 855 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST
OF RANDOLPH...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RANDOLPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3968 9658 3942 9675 3938 9696 3957 9696
3965 9686
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 257DEG 17KT 3955 9684
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH
$$797 WWUS53 KTOP 110216 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 916 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012 KSC117-201-110226- /O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-120611T0230Z/ MARSHALL KS-WASHINGTON KS- 916 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3957 9684 3957 9665 3942 9675 3938 9696 TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 257DEG 17KT 3957 9674 $$ KSC161-110230- /O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-120611T0230Z/ RILEY KS- 916 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN RILEY COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 914 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF WATERVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHERN RILEY COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3957 9684 3957 9665 3942 9675 3938 9696 TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 257DEG 17KT 3957 9674 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50 MPH $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Washington | 24 min |
| Jun 10, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 25 min |
| Jun 10, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 50 min |
| Jun 10, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Marshall, Riley, Washington | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Pottawatomie | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown | 16 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.