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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Springfield, MO

May 26, 1997Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1997, 8:15 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1997, 8:50 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Cherokee County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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 26, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 1997-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2590 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 1997-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2590 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
17.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 270115
TORSGF
KSC021-270150-

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

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  CHEROKEE COUNTY - SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 850 PM CDT
 
* SOME AREAS AFFECTED
  COLUMBUS BY 825PM

* AT  TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 10
  MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
  20 MPH TOWARDS COLUMBUS.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee65 min
May 26, 9:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee4 hr
May 26, 10:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee6 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.