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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Springfield, MO

April 27, 2002Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2002, 1:03 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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
Apr 27, 2002, 1:03 AM CDT (06:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2002, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bourbon County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 1:25 AM CDTHail 0.75Ft Scott, 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2002-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

706 
WUUS53 KSGF 270603
SVRSGF
KSC011-270645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
101 AM CDT SAT APR 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 1259 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN
  DIAMETER.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF HEPLER...OR 18
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT SCOTT...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   REDFIELD BY 110 AM CDT.
   FORT SCOTT BY 120 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF PORTERVILLE...PETERSBURG...HIATTVILLE...MARMATON AND
PAWNEE STATION ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3787 9508 3767 9508 3767 9460 3788 9463

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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.