Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2004, 12:25 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min. 17 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2004, 12:25 AM CDT (05:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2004, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Crawford County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 12:31 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Hiattville, KS | |
| May 27, 12:31 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Hiattville, KS | |
| May 27, 12:37 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Farlington, KS | REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
| May 27, 12:49 AM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 N Walnut, KS | |
| May 27, 12:49 AM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 N Walnut, KS | |
| May 27, 12:50 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hiattville, KS | SUBSTANTIAL DEBRIS ACROSS ROADWAYS. UNKNOWN IF DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY TORNADO OR STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. |
| May 27, 12:50 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hiattville, KS | SUBSTANTIAL DEBRIS ACROSS ROADWAYS. UNKNOWN IF DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY TORNADO OR STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. |
| May 27, 12:50 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Hepler, KS | HAIL 2 INCHES DEEP. |
| May 27, 12:50 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Hepler, KS | HAIL 2 INCHES DEEP. |
| May 27, 1:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Farlington, KS | WIND DAMAGE REPORTED WITH ESTIMATED GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AS WELL. |
| May 27, 1:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Farlington, KS | WIND DAMAGE REPORTED WITH ESTIMATED GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AS WELL. |
| May 27, 1:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 W Arma, KS | |
| May 27, 1:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 W Arma, KS | |
| May 27, 1:00 AM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 8 Nw Arma, KS | |
| May 27, 1:00 AM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 8 Nw Arma, KS | |
| May 27, 1:10 AM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 W Arma, KS | STORM SPOTTERS TRACKING A FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN GIRARD AND ARMA. |
| May 27, 1:10 AM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 W Arma, KS | STORM SPOTTERS TRACKING A FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN GIRARD AND ARMA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 6 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 24 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1669 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.7
- Supercell composite
- 12.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
592 WUUS53 KSGF 270525 SVRSGF KSC011-037-270600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1225 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 100 AM CDT. * AT 1224 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF HEPLER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT SCOTT... AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... 4 MILES NORTH OF ARCADIA BY 1240 AM CDT. THE TOWNS OF HIATTVILLE...PAWNEE STATION AND GARLAND ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3793 9506 3753 9509 3737 9462 3782 9461 $$ LINDENBERG
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 7:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 7:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 710 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004 ...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION... AFTER LOOKING AT 00Z SGF SOUNDING AND COORDINATION WITH SPC HAVE DECIDED TO REMOVE SOUTHERN PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH. 00Z SOUNDING SHOWS DECENT CAP DEVELOPING AROUND 800 TO 850 MB AS WARMER AIR CONTINUES TO ADVECT INTO THE AREA AT THAT LEVEL. HAVE ALSO DIMINISHED POPS BACK INTO THE 30 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE FOR TONIGHT WITH HIGHEST POPS TO THE NORTH AROUND THE FRONT. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES NORTH OF A NEVADA TO SALEM LINE. KS...NONE. LINDENBERG
Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 8:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
855 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-271100-
BARRY-BARTON-BENTON-BOURBON-CAMDEN-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD-
DADE-DALLAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-GREENE-HICKORY-HOWELL-JASPER-LACLEDE-
LAWRENCE-MARIES-MCDONALD-MILLER-MORGAN-NEWTON-OREGON-OZARK-PHELPS-
POLK-PULASKI-SHANNON-ST. CLAIR-STONE-TANEY-TEXAS-VERNON-WEBSTER-
WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...CAMDENTON...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...LEBANON...
MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...OZARK...
PITTSBURG...ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON AND WEST PLAINS.
855 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY PRODUCE:
LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE AND COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA
TONIGHT...HOWEVER THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS
NORTH OF A NEOSHO TO SALEM LINE. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
MAINLY CENTRAL MISSOURI.
DISCUSSION:
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS A
LOW LEVEL JET ENHANCES CONVERGENCE ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
STALLED OUT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR DAMAGING
WINDS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO...MAINLY BEFORE 11 PM.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS COULD LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING...MAINLY OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST BACK INTO THE REGION
WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. ANOTHER STRONG SYSTEM MOVING
THROUGH THE PLAINS AND MIDWEST LATE SUNDAY WILL PROVIDE AN
ADDITIONAL CHANCE FOR STORMS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH THIS EVENING.
DSA/IZZIIn the hours before
Local storm report, May 26, 10:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1031 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1026 PM TORNADO 2 W COLLINS 37.88N 93.67W
05/26/2004 ST.CLAIR MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SSLLocal storm report, May 26, 10:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1034 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1033 PM TORNADO ROSCOE 37.97N 93.82W
05/26/2004 ST.CLAIR MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SSLLocal storm report, May 26, 10:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1055 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1050 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 E GERSTER 37.95N 93.53W
05/26/2004 ST.CLAIR MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED AT HIGHWAY TT ON HICKORY/ST. CLAIR
COUNTY LINE.
BOOKBINDERLocal storm report, May 26, 11:43 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1143 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 PM HAIL BRANCH 37.92N 93.00W
05/26/2004 1.00 INCH CAMDEN MO EMERGENCY MNGR
BOOKBINDERLocal storm report, May 26, 11:49 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1149 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1139 PM HAIL 2 N TUNAS 37.88N 93.03W
05/26/2004 0.50 INCH DALLAS MO EMERGENCY MNGR
1144 PM HAIL 3 N TUNAS 37.89N 93.03W
05/26/2004 0.88 INCH DALLAS MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
BOOKBINDERLocal storm report, May 27, 12:22 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1222 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1153 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 E URBANA 37.83N 93.13W
05/26/2004 DALLAS MO EMERGENCY MNGR
FAMILY OBSERVED FUNNEL CLOUD PASS ALONG HIGHWAY D JUST
EAST OF URBANA.
BOOKBINDERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 47 min |
| May 27, 12:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.