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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Springfield, MO

May 27, 2004Bourbon County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2004, 12:39 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 19 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, 12:39 AM CDT (05:39 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2004, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
51 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), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:39 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 12:49 AM CDTHAIL 1.51 N Walnut, KS
May 27, 12:49 AM CDTHAIL 1.51 N Walnut, KS
May 27, 12:50 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGHiattville, KSSUBSTANTIAL DEBRIS ACROSS ROADWAYS. UNKNOWN IF DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY TORNADO OR STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
May 27, 12:50 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGHiattville, KSSUBSTANTIAL DEBRIS ACROSS ROADWAYS. UNKNOWN IF DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY TORNADO OR STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
May 27, 12:50 AM CDTHAIL 1Hepler, KSHAIL 2 INCHES DEEP.
May 27, 12:50 AM CDTHAIL 1Hepler, KSHAIL 2 INCHES DEEP.
May 27, 1:00 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Farlington, KSWIND DAMAGE REPORTED WITH ESTIMATED GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AS WELL.
May 27, 1:00 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Farlington, KSWIND DAMAGE REPORTED WITH ESTIMATED GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AS WELL.
May 27, 1:00 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 604 W Arma, KS
May 27, 1:00 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 604 W Arma, KS
May 27, 1:00 AM CDTHAIL 1.758 Nw Arma, KS
May 27, 1:00 AM CDTHAIL 1.758 Nw Arma, KS
May 27, 1:10 AM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 W Arma, KSSTORM SPOTTERS TRACKING A FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN GIRARD AND ARMA.
May 27, 1:10 AM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 W Arma, KSSTORM SPOTTERS TRACKING A FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN GIRARD AND ARMA.
May 27, 1:14 AM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 S Hiattville, KSTREES AND POWER LINES ALSO DOWN. DEBRIS IN ROAD.
May 27, 1:14 AM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 S Hiattville, KSTREES AND POWER LINES ALSO DOWN. DEBRIS IN ROAD.
May 27, 1:15 AM CDTTORNADO 03 N Girard, KSNWS STORM SURVEY REVEALED THAT AN F-0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN A RURAL AREA NORTH OF GIRARD. TORNADO WIDTH WAS ABOUT 40 YARDS WIDE...WITH A PATH LENGTH OF ABOUT 50 YARDS. REPORTED BY NWS STORM SURVEY.
May 27, 1:20 AM CDTTORNADOArma, KSPOSSIBLE TORNADO. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE PATH BEGINNING JUST NORTH OF GIRARD AND CONTIUOUS DAMAGE EASTWARD THROUGH AND INTO ARMA. LARGE TREES ALL ALONG THE PATH UPROOTED, WITH POCKETS OF MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
May 27, 1:20 AM CDTTORNADOArma, KSPOSSIBLE TORNADO. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE PATH BEGINNING JUST NORTH OF GIRARD AND CONTIUOUS DAMAGE EASTWARD THROUGH AND INTO ARMA. LARGE TREES ALL ALONG THE PATH UPROOTED, WITH POCKETS OF MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2004-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1669 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2004-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 273 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 270539
TORSGF
KSC011-037-270630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1240 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT.

* AT 1236 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALNUT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF ERIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR HEPLER BY 1245 AM CDT.
  6 MILES NORTH OF GIRARD BY 100 AM CDT.
  NEAR ARMA BY 105 AM CDT.
  NEAR MULBERRY BY 110 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF PORTERVILLE...BRAZILTON...FARLINGTON...RINGO...POLK...
FRANKLIN...CROWEBURG AND YALE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC
STORM.

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 3784 9508 3749 9508 3745 9463 3775 9462

$$

LINDENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCrawford47 min
May 27, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon, Crawford35 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.