Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 9:13 PM CDT for Cloud County, Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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 14, 2012, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cloud County, KS, Ottawa County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 9:31 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 68 | Minneapolis, KS | SMALL BRANCHES DOWN |
| Jun 14, 9:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 N Wells, 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 14, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1868 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
797
WUUS53 KTOP 150213
SVRTOP
KSC029-143-150300-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0086.120615T0213Z-120615T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
913 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 909 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLASCO...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
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...
MINNEAPOLIS...AURORA...MILTONVALE AND WELLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3950 9780 3947 9737 3905 9737 3916 9794
3925 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 294DEG 27KT 3933 9774
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
GARGAN3 follow-up statements
119
WWUS53 KTOP 150235
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
935 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
KSC029-143-150300-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120615T0300Z/
OTTAWA KS-CLOUD KS-
935 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
CLOUD AND NORTHERN OTTAWA COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...
AT 932 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MILTONVALE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINNEAPOLIS...MILTONVALE AND WELLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3950 9769 3947 9737 3905 9737 3914 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 294DEG 27KT 3926 9755
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
GARGAN188
WWUS53 KTOP 150242
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
942 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
KSC029-143-150300-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120615T0300Z/
OTTAWA KS-CLOUD KS-
942 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
CLOUD AND NORTHERN OTTAWA COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...
AT 937 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WELLS...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
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...
WELLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3950 9769 3947 9737 3905 9737 3914 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 297DEG 40KT 3910 9746
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$516 WWUS53 KTOP 150303 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1003 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 KSC029-143-150312- /O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120615T0300Z/ OTTAWA KS-CLOUD KS- 1003 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLOUD AND NORTHERN OTTAWA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3950 9769 3947 9737 3905 9737 3914 9781 TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 297DEG 40KT 3910 9746 $$ GARGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Republic | 28 min |
| Jun 14, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Marshall, Republic, Washington | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay, Marshall, Nemaha, Washington | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 10:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.