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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Springfield, MO

May 6, 2003Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2003, 4:07 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2003, 5:05 PM CDT
In force: 58 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, 9.1 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.

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.

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 062107
TORSGF
KSC011-062205-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOURBON COUNTY IN KANSAS

* UNTIL 505 PM CDT.

* AT 404 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF MORAN...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  LA HARPE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   UNIONTOWN BY 425 PM CDT.
   REDFIELD BY 435 PM CDT.
   FORT SCOTT BY 450 PM CDT.

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

TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A LARGE WALL CLOUD OVER SOUTHEASTERN 
ALLEN COUNTY WITH THIS 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 3783 9530 3774 9529 3772 9462 3797 9462

$$

CRAMER

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, 3:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Bourbon	48 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

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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.