Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1997, 9:08 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1997, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1997, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Crawford County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 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 13, 9:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Arcadia, KS |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1951 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 140210 RRA SVRSGF KSC011-037-140230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 908 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BOURBON COUNTY - SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY - SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * SOME AREAS AFFECTED ARCADIA BY 915 PM GARLAND BY 915 PM * AT 907 PM SPRINGFIELD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 SOUTHWEST OF FT SCOTT AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. DH/JDG
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 13, 1:12 PM CDT, 7 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 1:12 PM CDT, 7 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 130 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 1997 VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGE HAS CU/SC FIELD IN SD/ND/MN MOVING SE. IMPRESSIVE WAVE CLOUD ACTION OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF MT/WY/SD BY 110 KT JET MOVING OVER THE REGION. ALL MODEL INITIALLY HAVE A DRY ATMOSPHERE BELOW 700MB...HOWEVER BETWEEN 00-06Z THIS EVENING...850/700 MOISTURE INCREASES WITH NGM/AVN HAVING THE GREATEST DEPTH. SATELLITE SHOWING SOME CU DEVELOP OVER N AR ASSC WITH LEFTOVER MOISTURE FROM MONDAYS SYSTEM. BOTH THE AVN/NGM HAVE THE GREATEST LIFT (700MB OMEGA) BETWEEN 03-09Z TONIGHT WITH ETA SLIGHTLY BEHIND. HOWEVER...THIS SHOULD AT LEAST INITIATE SOME CONVECTION OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY SINCE NORTHERN OK HAS 50+ DEW POINTS ADVECTING INTO SW CWA THIS EVENING. FORECAST PROBLEMS OVERNIGHT...CHC OF PCPN AND TEMPS. WILL LEAN TOWARD THE NGM/AVN SOLUTION DUE TO INITIALIZING CU FIELD OVER N AR WITH LIFT. LOOKING AHEAD FOR WED/THU...NW FLOW CONTINUES WITH ANOTHER SHORT WAVE MOVING IN BY THUSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD BE A EXTRA COOL PERIOD WITH WINDS DIRECTLY FROM THE YUKON!!! FAN/MOS TEMPS SEEM TOO HIGH...SO WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TONIGHT... SGF...THIS EVENING...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. AFTER MIDNIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ENDING FOLLOWED BY DECREASING CLOUDS. WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. LOW 45 TO 50. POPS 40% JLN...THIS EVENING...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY MIDNIGHT. WINDS SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ENDING FOLLOWED BY DECREASING CLOUDS. WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. LOW AROUND 50. POPS 40% UNO...THIS EVENING...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. OVERNIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. WIND SOUTHWEST SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST BY SUNRISE. LOW 50 TO 55. POPS 50% VIH/AIZ...THIS EVENING...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH. OVERNIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ENDING FOLLOWED BY DECREASING CLOUDS. WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. LOW AROUND 45. POPS 50% CCF... SGF BB 047/064 040/068 043 25411 JLN BB 050/068 044/071 045 254-1 TAGGART/SHUMWAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 48 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.