Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2004, 8:58 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 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
- Jun 12, 2004, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 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), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1066 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1305 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
097 WUUS53 KSGF 130158 SVRSGF KSC011-037-130300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 857 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 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 1000 PM CDT. * AT 847 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES EAST OF NEODESHA TO NEAR IOLA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE... NEAR UNIONTOWN BY 920 PM CDT. NEAR HEPLER BY 925 PM CDT. NEAR REDFIELD BY 930 PM CDT. 5 MILES NORTH OF MCCUNE BY 940 PM CDT. NEAR FULTON BY 945 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF XENIA...PETERSBURG...MAPLETON...HIATTVILLE... BRAZILTON...GREENBUSH...MARMATON...DEVON...HARDING AND PAWNEE STATION ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WIND DAMAGE WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY A VERY OMINOUS LOOKING SHELF CLOUD THAT MAY EXHIBIT SOME ROTATION. TORNADOES DO NOT APPEAR LIKELY WITH THIS FEATURE. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS AND INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS SQUALL LINE. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. PERSONS IN WESTERN CRAWFORD AND WESTERN BOURBON COUNTIES NEED TO FIND SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 3805 9507 3735 9508 3733 9460 3805 9460 $$ BOOKBINDER
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 Jun 12, 7:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 7:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 714 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 ...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRY AND DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE MASSIVE COLD POOL FROM THE MCS FROM EARLIER TODAY. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE THREAT THAT ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME MARGINALLY SEVERE OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...BUT ISNT LIKELY. FURTHER EAST THE SEVERE AND EVEN THUNDERSTORM THREAT APPEARS LOW UNTIL LATER TONIGHT. HAVE COORDINATED WITH SPC AND WILL BE DROPPING EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SHORTLY. LATER TONIGHT...A LOW LEVEL JET IS STILL PROGGED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW LEVEL BEGINS TO VEER OVERNIGHT AND IMPINGE ON THE STALLED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ADDITIONAL CONVECTION WILL LIKELY DEVELOPMENT. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...FLOOD WATCH ALL AREAS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. KS...FLOOD WATCH ALL AREAS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. WFO SGF
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 7:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
751 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-131100-
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.
751 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
THUNDERSTORMS WITH:
ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS...
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS MAINLY
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. AFTER MIDNIGHT ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM THE NORTH AND
WEST....POSSIBLY REACHING SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY SUNRISE.
DISCUSSION:
EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STABILIZED THE LOWEST LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE OVER MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. BY LATE EVENING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS...A LOW LEVEL JET IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP
AND TRANSPORT WARM AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR NORTHWARD OVER TOP THE
COOLER MORE STABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THIS
WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
OVERNIGHT...WITH SOME OF THE STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE.
THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL...HOWEVER SHOULD
THE THUNDERSTORMS ORGANIZE INTO A WELL DEVELOPED SQUALL LINE
THEN DAMAGING WINDS COULD BECOME A CONCERN AS WELL.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF
ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR...WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. A
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MONDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 11 PM.
BROWNING/IZZIIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 312 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077>079-088>091-093>096-101>105-130200- BARRY-BARTON-BOURBON-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD-DADE-DOUGLAS- GREENE-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-NEWTON-OZARK-POLK-STONE-TANEY-VERNON- WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...FORT SCOTT... JOPLIN...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OZARK... PITTSBURG...SPRINGFIELD AND STOCKTON. 312 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 449...IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARRY...BARTON...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DOUGLAS...GREENE... JASPER...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...OZARK...POLK...STONE... TANEY...VERNON AND WEBSTER. IN KANSAS: BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE AVA... BOLIVAR...BRANSON...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON... NEOSHO...NEVADA...OZARK...PITTSBURG...SPRINGFIELD AND STOCKTON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. IZZI
Local storm report, Jun 12, 4:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
447 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0423 PM FUNNEL CLOUD MC CUNE 37.35N 95.02W
06/12/2004 CRAWFORD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER.
0440 PM TORNADO 5 W CARL JUNCTION 37.18N 94.66W
06/12/2004 JASPER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AFLocal storm report, Jun 12, 5:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...RETRANSMITTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
522 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0423 PM FUNNEL CLOUD MC CUNE 37.35N 95.02W
06/12/2004 CRAWFORD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER.
0440 PM TORNADO 5 W CARL JUNCTION 37.18N 94.66W
06/12/2004 JASPER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0447 PM HAIL 1 S PITTSBURG 37.41N 94.70W
06/12/2004 1.00 INCH CRAWFORD KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0500 PM HAIL FRONTENAC 37.45N 94.70W
06/12/2004 1.00 INCH CRAWFORD KS PUBLIC
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0512 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 4 N CARL JUNCTION 37.24N 94.57W
06/12/2004 JASPER MO TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER.
0515 PM HAIL ARMA 37.53N 94.70W
06/12/2004 1.75 INCH CRAWFORD KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
BOOKBINDERSpecial weather statement, Jun 12, 7:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 717 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 MOZ078-079-089>091-094>096-102>105-130200- BARRY-CEDAR-CHRISTIAN-DADE-DOUGLAS-GREENE-LAWRENCE-OZARK-POLK-STONE- TANEY-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...MONETT... MOUNT VERNON...OZARK...SPRINGFIELD AND STOCKTON. 717 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 449 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARRY...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DOUGLAS...GREENE...LAWRENCE... OZARK...POLK...STONE...TANEY AND WEBSTER. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-130200- BARTON-BOURBON-CHEROKEE-CRAWFORD-JASPER-MCDONALD-NEWTON-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...NEOSHO... NEVADA AND PITTSBURG. 717 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 449 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING...FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARTON...JASPER...MCDONALD...NEWTON AND VERNON. IN KANSAS: BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE FORT SCOTT... JOPLIN...NEOSHO...NEVADA AND PITTSBURG. A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION...AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE OVER FAR WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS MORE LIKELY TOWARD MIDNIGHT...BUT DOES REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. BOOKBINDER
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 8:16 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 816 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-130400- BARTON-BOURBON-CHEROKEE-CRAWFORD-JASPER-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...NEVADA AND PITTSBURG. 816 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 454... IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING. THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARTON...JASPER AND VERNON. IN KANSAS: BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. SOME CITIES IN THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN... NEVADA AND PITTSBURG. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. BOOKBINDER
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 8:33 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 833 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 KSZ073-097-MOZ066-077-13215- BARTON-BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS-VERNON- 833 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 40 MPH. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AS WELL AS HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN BOURBON AND NORTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 910 PM...AND IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... UNION TOWN AND WALNUT BY 920 PM... FORT SCOTT AND FARLINGTON BY AROUND 940 PM... AND DEERFIELD AND MOUNDVILLE BY BY AROUND 1000 PM. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED SHORTLY FOR BOURBON AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. IZZI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 2:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 4 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
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.