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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Springfield, MO

May 6, 2003Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2003, 3:12 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2003, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bourbon County, KS

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, 11:40 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

627 
WFUS53 KSGF 062012
TORSGF
KSC011-062100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
312 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BOURBON COUNTY IN KANSAS

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 308 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF FORT SCOTT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   FULTON BY 325 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF DEVON...HARDING AND HAMMOND ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADIC STORM.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3802 9498 3780 9489 3784 9464 3802 9464

$$

TERRY

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, 8:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	15 min
May 6, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	39 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.