Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Springfield, MO
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.
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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, 12:49 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. |
| May 27, 1:14 AM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 S Hiattville, KS | TREES AND POWER LINES ALSO DOWN. DEBRIS IN ROAD. |
| May 27, 1:14 AM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 S Hiattville, KS | TREES AND POWER LINES ALSO DOWN. DEBRIS IN ROAD. |
| May 27, 1:15 AM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 3 N Girard, KS | NWS 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 CDT | TORNADO | Arma, KS | POSSIBLE 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 CDT | TORNADO | Arma, KS | POSSIBLE 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.
| 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, 5.7 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.
- 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.
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 47 min |
| May 27, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 35 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.