Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 13, 2005, 10:08 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
- Sep 13, 2005, 10:08 PM CDT (03:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 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), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1509 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KSGF 140309 SVRSGF KSC021-140400- /O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0264.050914T0308Z-050914T0400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1008 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT. * AT 1004 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF OSWEGO TO CHETOPA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE... NEAR WEST MINERAL BY 1015 PM CDT. NEAR SCAMMON BY 1020 PM CDT. NEAR BAXTER SPRINGS BY 1030 PM CDT. NEAR GALENA BY 1040 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF FAULKNER...HALLOWELL...MELROSE...SHERWIN...ROSELAND... STIPPVILLE...SKIDMORE...NEUTRAL...CRESTLINE AND RIVERTON ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS OF 68 MPH WERE REPORTED IN CHETOPA. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE TO AN INDOOR SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3733 9505 3700 9507 3700 9463 3733 9462 $$ HATCH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 140322 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1022 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 KSC021-140400- /O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0264.000000T0000Z-050914T0400Z/ CHEROKEE KS- 1022 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 1017 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COLUMBUS TO TREECE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE... NEAR BAXTER SPRINGS BY 1035 PM CDT. NEAR GALENA BY 1045 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF SHERWIN...MELROSE...STIPPVILLE...ROSELAND...SKIDMORE... NEUTRAL...RIVERTON...CRESTLINE...LOWELL AND LAWTON ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE TO AN INDOOR SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3733 9505 3700 9507 3700 9463 3733 9462 $$ HATCH
000 WWUS53 KSGF 140402 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1102 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 KSC021-140412- /O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0264.000000T0000Z-050914T0400Z/ CHEROKEE KS- 1102 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 1059 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD. LAT...LON 3733 9505 3700 9507 3700 9463 3733 9462 $$ HATCH
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 Sep 13, 5:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 5:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 550 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 .UPDATE... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND MAINTAIN STRONG TO SEVERE INTENSITY FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. INCREASING UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE IN THE EXIT REGION OF THE 250 MB JET WAS AIDING THE EXPLOSIVE DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF THE FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. MIXED LAYER CAPES WERE NEAR 2000 J/KG WITH VALUES NEAR 3500 J/KG ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND WALL CLOUDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED. INCREASING DEEP LAYERED SHEAR APPROACHING 45 KTS WAS ALLOWING THE STORMS TO ORGANIZE WITH SOME CELLS BECOMING SUPERCELLUAR IN NATURE. 0-3 HELICITIES WERE NEAR 150 WITH DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS 15 TO 20 DEGREES. HOWEVER DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS NEAR A SAGGING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WERE LOWER. ALTHOUGH THE ENVIRONMENT IS NOT PERFECT...AN ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH EARLY EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BECOME AN INCREASING CONCERN DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. STRONG SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT PROVIDED BY THE SUBTROPICAL JET COUPLED WITH STRONG MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE WILL SUPPORT HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE A GREATER RISK WHERE STORMS TRAIN REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. A FLOOD WATCH WILL NOT BE ISSUED AT THIS TIME...BUT THE SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED. FOSTER && .DISCUSSION... A CHANGE IN THE DRY WEATHER PATTERN THAT HAS PERSISTED ACROSS THE AREA THE PAST FEW WEEKS WAS UNDERWAY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A LONGWAVE TROUGH STRETCHED FROM THE CENTRAL CANADIAN PROVINCES INTO THE WESTERN U.S. WITH A NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE TRACKING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM WESTERN IOWA THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO TRAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH ADDITIONAL ISOLATED ACTIVITY DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. MIXED LAYER CAPES WERE AROUND 1500 J/KG PROVIDING SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY. THE NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE WILL PUSH EAST WHILE THE SUBTROPICAL BRANCH OF THE JET STREAKS INTO THE REGION. THE FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHWARD INTO THE OZARKS TONIGHT AND BECOME WEST TO EAST ORIENTED UNDERNEATH AN INCREASINGLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. GOOD INFLUX OF MOISTURE...FRONTAL SCALE FORCING...AND INCREASING SHEAR PROFILES WILL SUPPORT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. INCREASING DEEP LAYERED SHEAR...A DEVELOPING LOW LEVEL JET...AND INCREASING LIFT IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COUPLED JET SUGGEST CONVECTION MAY EVOLVE INTO A LINEAR MCS THAT WILL MIGRATE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL MAINLY OCCUR EARLY THIS EVENING AT THE HEIGHT OF INSTABILITY. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES APPROACHING 2 INCHES AND 850 MB DEWPOINTS NEAR 14 DEGREES C COMBINED WITH AMPLE SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT SUGGEST LOCALLY RAINFALL IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY BECOME A CONCERN WHERE TRAINING CELLS DEVELOP. THE FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS ON WEDNESDAY. A SERIES OF MINOR SHORTWAVES WILL RIDE EASTWARD OVER THE BAROCLINIC ZONE. SOME QUESTION TO THE EXACT TRACK...TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THESE DISTURBANCES. HOWEVER THESE SYSTEMS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ISENTROPIC ASCENT SHOULD KEEP THE CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING INTO THURSDAY. THE HIGHEST RAIN PERCENTAGES WILL BE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE FRONT. THE CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL HELP KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL FOR A CHANGE. RAIN CHANCES WILL TAPER OFF LATER THURSDAY AS THE LAST IN THE SERIES OF SHORTWAVES PUSHES OFF TO THE EAST. SOME QUESTION ABOUT POSSIBLE RAIN CHANCES THIS WEEKEND AS RETURN FLOW SETS UP. IT APPEARS WARM AIR ADVECTION PRECIPITATION WILL BE FOCUSED TO OUR NORTH AND WEST IF IT DEVELOPS AT ALL. TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND TO NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. FOSTER && .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. STORMS WILL APPROACH THE JOPLIN TERMINAL BETWEEN 00Z AND 03Z AND THE SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL BY 04Z. GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 KTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ASSOCIATED GUST FRONTS. MVFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR STORMS WITH CEILINGS NEAR 2500 FEET AND VISIBILITIES LOWERED TO NEAR 3 MILES OR LOWER IN HEAVY RAIN. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. FOSTER && SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...NONE. .KS...NONE. WFO SGF
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 9:34 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
934 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-141100-
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
934 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING:
WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 44.
DISCUSSION:
A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE MISSOURI
OZARKS TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. BECAUSE OF
THE COPIOUS AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING CAN NOT BE RULED OUT AS WELL.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL
ROUNDS OF STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THURSDAY AS THE FRONT STALLS ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT IN AREAS
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44.
&&
THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)
CRAMERIn the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 13, 5:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
516 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0516 PM HAIL 4 W PITTSBURG 37.83N 93.37W
09/13/2005 1.00 INCH HICKORY MO PUBLIC
FEHLocal storm report, Sep 13, 5:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
546 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM HAIL 2 N LIBERAL 37.60N 94.53W
09/13/2005 1.75 INCH BARTON MO EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
FEHLocal storm report, Sep 13, 6:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
614 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0558 PM HAIL IRWIN 37.58N 94.30W
09/13/2005 1.00 INCH BARTON MO CO-OP OBSERVER
0610 PM HAIL 1 W IRWIN 37.58N 94.32W
09/13/2005 2.75 INCH BARTON MO EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL COVERED THE GROUND SEVERAL INCHES DEEP.
FEHLocal storm report, Sep 13, 6:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
632 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM HAIL SHELDON 37.67N 94.30W
09/13/2005 1.75 INCH VERNON MO AMATEUR RADIO
FEHLocal storm report, Sep 13, 9:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
907 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0845 PM TSTM WND GST MC CUNE 37.35N 95.02W
09/13/2005 60 MPH CRAWFORD KS EMERGENCY MNGR
60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN
CRAWFORD COUNTY
JLTLocal storm report, Sep 13, 9:12 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
912 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0904 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N CLIMAX SPRINGS 38.13N 93.05W
09/13/2005 CAMDEN MO EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS.
0905 PM TSTM WND GST WEST MINERAL 37.28N 94.92W
09/13/2005 60 MPH CHEROKEE KS EMERGENCY MNGR
WIDESPREAD 60 PLUS MPH WINDS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS
WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY.
CRAMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 8:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 6 hr |
| Sep 13, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 65 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.