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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 200, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2003, 8:30 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 15 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2003, 8:30 AM CDT (13:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2003, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bourbon County, KS
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KSGF 061330 SVRSGF KSC011-061345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 830 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BOURBON COUNTY IN KANSAS * UNTIL 845 AM CDT. * AT 827 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT SCOTT...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF... BOURBON COUNTY. THE TOWN OF HAMMOND IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 3799 9485 3783 9479 3784 9462 3802 9465 $$ IZZI
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 6, 3:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 3:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 349 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER ONCE AGAIN POSSIBLE... HARD TO BELIEVE...BUT YET ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS POSSIBLE TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. LATEST MESOETA FORECASTS CAPES TO BE BETWEEN 4500 AND 5000 J/KG OVER SE KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHWEST MO THIS AFTERNOON AS SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY SEEN IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY OVER NM MOVES EASTWARD INTO THE AREA. SRH IN THE 300 TO 400 RANGE...WITH DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS OF 10 TO 15 F. CAPES ARE NEARLY DOUBLE WHAT WE SAW SUNDAY...WHILE SRH IS JUST OVER HALF OF SUNDAYS 5 PM SGF LAUNCH. LCL HEIGHTS OF 5500 FT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN SUNDAYS 2200 FT VALUES...A NEGATIVE TOWARDS TORNADOES...BUT MAY LOWER TO AROUND 4000 TOWARDS EVENING. HUGE CAPES AND HIGH SRH VALUES SURELY WILL BE ENOUGH FOR SUPERCELLS. WHILE HIGHER LCL HEIGHTS SUGGEST ENVIRONMENT MAY NOT BE AS FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AS WE SAW SUNDAY...COMPARISON TO THAT EXTREME EVENT MAY UNDER EMPHASIZE THE RISK. ENVIRONMENT IS STILL UNUSUALLY UNSTABLE FOR THIS AREA...WITH VERY HIGH SRH OVER A LARGE AREA. MODERATE RISK WARRANTED AND WILL HIT HARD IN THE HWO AND ALL OTHER APPROPRIATE PRODUCTS. ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD AS WEST COAST LONGWAVE SEEMS TO HAVE CONTINUOUS SOURCE OF SHORTWAVES TO RELOAD AND EJECT. A BREAK MAY COME WEDNESDAY AS SURFACE BOUNDARY IS PUSHED SOUTH INTO ARKANSAS. THIS WILL BE VERY TEMPORARY HOWEVER...AS STRONG SHORTWAVE EJECTS OUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...FIRING OFF CONVECTION...POSSIBLY AN MCS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL...ALONG THE 850 MB BOUNDARY WEDNESDAY NIGHT VERY NEAR US. THIS WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST EARLY THURSDAY MORNING JUST IN TIME FOR THE ATMOSPHERE TO DESTABILIZE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. MORE SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY WITH THIS FEATURE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. BOUNDARY TO LINGER ACROSS REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...SO GOING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SEEM REASONABLE. AM NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH ABOUT TIMING OF CONVECTION TO REMOVE PRECIP FROM ANY SPECIFIC PERIOD IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST. .SGF... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. BROWNING
Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 5:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-061800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 547 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING: VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ISOLATED TORNADOES AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AFTER 1 PM...SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AFTER 4 PM. DISCUSSION: A VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE. ALTHOUGH WINDS ALOFT ARE NOT AS STRONG AS WAS SEEN ON SUNDAY...VERY FAVORABLE DIRECTIONAL WIND SHEAR...OR TURNING OF THE WIND WITH HEIGHT...WILL LIKELY CAUSE THE STORMS TO BECOME LONG LIVED SUPERCELLS. EXTREME INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...CREATING EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG UPDRAFTS WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS. WITH SUCH STRONG TURNING OF THE WIND WITH HEIGHT...TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK ON WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BECOME LIKELY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF BROWNING
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 6, 7:44 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
744 AM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0744 AM HALLTOWN MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 LAWRENCE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, May 6, 7:50 AM CDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
750 AM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0750 AM HALLTOWN MO 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 LAWRENCE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, May 6, 8:09 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
809 AM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0809 AM BRONSON KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 BOURBON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Special weather statement, May 6, 8:11 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
KSZ073-MOZ055>057-066>070-077>082-089>092-094>098-105-106-061800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 811 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 264...IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARTON...BENTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS... DOUGLAS...GREENE...HICKORY...HOWELL...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...MILLER... MORGAN...OREGON...OZARK...POLK...PULASKI...SHANNON...ST. CLAIR... TEXAS...VERNON...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT. IN KANSAS: BOURBON. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE AVA... BOLIVAR...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON... LEBANON...MOUNT VERNON...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...OZARK... SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON AND WEST PLAINS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. BROWNING
Local storm report, May 6, 8:12 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
812 AM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0812 AM SPRINGFIELD MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 GREENE AT THE NWS OFFICE IN
SPRINGFIELD.Local storm report, May 6, 8:29 AM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
829 AM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0825 AM SPRINGFIELD MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 GREENE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 6:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 66 min |
| May 6, 6:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 50 min |
| May 6, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 58 min |
| May 6, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 39 min |
| May 6, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 48 min |
| May 6, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 58 min |
| May 6, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 61 min |
| May 6, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.