Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 78, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2003, 8:24 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 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, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2003, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 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), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 5, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
287
WFUS53 KSGF 060124
TORSGF
KSC021-060230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
824 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.
* AT 820 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL
CLOUD NEAR MCCUNE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. PAUL...AND MOVING
SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
WEST MINERAL BY 845 PM CDT.
THE TOWNS OF SHERMAN...SHERWIN...HALLOWELL...FAULKNER AND MELROSE ARE
ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 3734 9486 3716 9485 3715 9483 3698 9482
3699 9508 3733 9509
$$
JLTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Crawford | 32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.