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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Springfield, MO

May 8, 2003Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2003, 8:48 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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 8, 2003, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2003, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cherokee County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 8, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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: 1898 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.2
Supercell composite: 17.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 090148
TORSGF
KSC021-090245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
847 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN KANSAS

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.

* AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS 
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALTAMONT...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 
  MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
  THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE
  DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND EXTREME DAMAGING
  STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL TRACK BETWEEN SHERMAN AND FAULKER SHORTLY 
  AFTER 9 PM...NEAR HALLOWELL AROUND 910 PM...AND NEAR COLUMBUS 
  BEFORE 920 PM.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW

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 3733 9509 3698 9510 3698 9462 3734 9459

$$

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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.