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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Springfield, MO

August 5, 2003Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2003, 8:13 PM CDT for Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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
Aug 5, 2003, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2003, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crawford County, KS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 5, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2285 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2285 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1305 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

872 
WFUS53 KSGF 060113
TORSGF
KSC037-060145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
813 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.

* AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALNUT...OR 9 MILES EAST OF
  ST. PAUL...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   MCCUNE BY 835 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF GREENBUSH IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3757 9491 3756 9513 3733 9511 3733 9485

$$

JLT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCrawford61 min
Aug 5, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCherokee66 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.