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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

May 26, 1997Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1997, 12:13 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1997, 12:13 AM CDT (05:13 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1997, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Bourbon County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1997-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 418 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1997-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
418 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

413 
WFUS1 KSGF 260513 RRA
TORSGF
KSC011-260600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1213 AM CDT MON MAY 26 1997

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  BOURBON COUNTY - SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
 
* SOME AREAS AFFECTED
  BRONSON THROUGH 1225 AM.
  HARDING BY 1240 AM.
  FULTON BY 1250 AM.

* AT 1210 AM CDT TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  BRONSON..  THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH..
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID
WINDOWS.


SCHMIDT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon, Crawford62 min
May 26, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee51 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1997Every tornado warning in 1997Tornadoes in 1997

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.