Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 326, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2003, 8:23 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 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
- Jul 11, 2003, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2003, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 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), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 2885 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KSGF 120123
SVRSGF
KSC011-120230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
823 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BOURBON COUNTY IN KANSAS
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.
* AT 822 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MORAN...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA HARPE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BRONSON BY 830 PM CDT.
FULTON BY 835 PM CDT.
UNIONTOWN BY 840 PM CDT.
REDFIELD BY 845 PM CDT.
FORT SCOTT BY 850 PM CDT.
THE TOWNS OF PETERSBURG AND HIATTVILLE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3827 9487 3805 9531 3768 9504 3769 9464
3795 9459
$$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 Jul 11, 7:30 PM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 7:30 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
MESOSCALE FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 620 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003 .DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO FORM OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ALONG GREATEST INSTABILITY AND SURFACE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE SINCE 7 PM. 85/50H MEAN WIND INDICATES THAT FORWARD PROPAGATION WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 KTS. CURRENT RUC AND TIME LINE INTERPOLATION HAS THE MAIN COMPLEX MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI BETWEEN 745 AND 9 PM. IF THE CURRENT TRACK/SPEED/INTENSITY CONTINUES...JOPLIN & SPRINGFIELD WILL HAVE THIS COMPLEX MOVING INTO THE AREA BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM. LATEST RUC/LAPS STILL INDICATES CAPES OF 2000-3000 J/KG DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. ALSO...RUC HAS THE GREATEST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE (100/85H 85/50H) OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI AFTER 06Z WITH A SLOW PROPAGATION TO THE SOUTH. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ABOVE 1.50 INCHES...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TRAINING ECHOES (SW/W MOISTURE TRANSPORT OF 85H AND NW/W OF THE MEAN FLOW) BELIEVE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS/RATES WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...NONE. .KS...NONE. JLT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-121100-
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
645 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TONIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...ISOLATED STORMS MAY
CONTAIN:
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS.
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS 60 MPH.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AN STRONG
MOISTURE AXIS LINE FROM WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...SOUTH OF KANSAS
CITY...TO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI DURING THE EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE
SEVERE THREAT WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE...AND BECOME MORE OF HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCER. MOST OF THE
OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL BE IN THE THREAT AREA OVERNIGHT.
DISCUSSION:
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT. AS THE DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME
MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE GETS CLOSER
TO THE AREA AND A LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS. STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL
COMBINED WITH MODERATELY STRONG INSTABILITY AND LEAD TO FAVORABLE
CONDITIONS FOR SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE TONIGHT.
IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THREAT...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL. AT THIS TIME CONDITIONS DO NOT APPEAR
FAVORABLE FOR WIDESPREAD OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...BUT SOME
LOCATIONS COULD SEE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES TONIGHT.
RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER OR
MINOR FLOODING IN THE TYPICAL LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STALL OUT OVER SOUTHERN
MISSOURI TOMORROW. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED
ALONG THE BOUNDARY DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. IT IS UNCLEAR HOW
TONIGHTS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CLOUD COVER AND SUBSEQUENT
INSTABILITY...HOWEVER IF THE ATMOSPHERE DOES DESTABILIZE...WIND
FIELDS WILL REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AGAIN ON SATURDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS
YET ANOTHER DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE REGION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY ANYTIME THIS EVENING...BUT IS
MORE LIKELY AFTER 9 PM OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST
KANSAS.
&&
THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER
WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF
JLT/IZZIIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066>068-077>079-088>090-093>095-101>104-120300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 400 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 61...IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARRY...BARTON...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...GREENE...HICKORY... JASPER...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...POLK...ST. CLAIR...STONE... TANEY AND VERNON. IN KANSAS: BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE BOLIVAR... BRANSON...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO... NEVADA...OZARK...PITTSBURG...SPRINGFIELD AND STOCKTON. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS HAS SURGED NORTH OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...WILL ACT AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THIS FEATURE IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONTINUED AFTERNOON HEATING...WILL ALLOW STORMS TO QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...WITH HAIL UP TO TWO AND HALF INCHES IN DIAMETER AND THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CRAMER
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
MOZ055>058-069>071-080>083-091-092-096>098-105-106-120300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 527 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 725...IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BENTON...CAMDEN...DALLAS...DENT...DOUGLAS...HOWELL...LACLEDE... MARIES...MILLER...MORGAN...OREGON...OZARK...PHELPS...PULASKI... SHANNON...TEXAS...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE AVA... CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...HOUSTON...LEBANON...OSAGE BEACH... ROLLA AND WEST PLAINS. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS HAS SURGED NORTH OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...WILL ACT AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THIS FEATURE IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONTINUED AFTERNOON HEATING...WILL ALLOW STORMS TO QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...WITH HAIL UP TO TWO AND HALF INCHES IN DIAMETER AND THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CRAMER
Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
702 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0558 PM 6 S WARSAW MO 1 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 BENTON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0615 PM 2 E TUNAS MO WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 DALLAS TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY
E. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0620 PM FRISTOE MO 1 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 BENTON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0625 PM BENNETT SPRINGS MO WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 LACLEDE TREE DOWN ON LARGE TENT.
INJURIES. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0625 PM BENNETT SPGS MO .75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 LACLEDE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
716 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0707 PM 3 N GROVESPRING MO .88 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 WRIGHT REPORTED BY PUBLIC.Local storm report, Jul 11, 8:04 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
804 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 PM ST ROBERT MO 1 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 PULASKI REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jul 11, 8:23 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
823 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0745 PM 4 SW BRINKTOWN MO WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 MARIES TREES FELL ACROSS HIGHWAY
BB. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 63 min |
| Jul 11, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 55 min |
| Jul 11, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 73 min |
| Jul 12, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 70 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.