Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 334, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 27, 2005, 4:01 PM CST for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 4 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
- Nov 27, 2005, 4:01 PM CST (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2005, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bourbon County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 4:06 PM CST | TORNADO | 5 N Erie, KS | TORNADO ON THE GROUND. |
| Nov 27, 4:10 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 Ne Erie, KS | BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. |
| Nov 27, 4:12 PM CST | TORNADO | Stark, KS | PRELIMINARY REPORT OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN SOMETIME BETWEEN 405 PM AND 415 PM SOUTHWEST OF STARK AND KIMBALL. SIX CONFIRMED RESIDENCES SUSTAINED DAMAGE. NO KNOWN INJURIES OR DEATHS. |
| Nov 27, 4:15 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Porterville, KS | TIN BLOWN OFF OF SHED. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. STORM SURVEY MAY BE NEEDED ON MONDAY. |
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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 12:36 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -282 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KSGF 272201
SVRSGF
KSC011-272245-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0334.051127T2201Z-051127T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
401 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BOURBON COUNTY IN KANSAS.
* UNTIL 445 PM CST.
* AT 400 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ERIE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
NEAR BRONSON BY 415 PM CST.
THE TOWNS OF PORTERVILLE...XENIA AND MAPLETON ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
KANSAS AND MISSOURI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY MORNING FOR MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3751 9542 3743 9522 3775 9490 3826 9461
3838 9489
$$
JLT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KSGF 272206
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
406 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
KSC011-272245-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0334.000000T0000Z-051127T2245Z/
BOURBON KS-
406 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOURBON COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM CST...
AT 404 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ERIE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65
MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
NEAR BRONSON BY 420 PM CST.
THE TOWNS OF PORTERVILLE...XENIA AND MAPLETON ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3751 9542 3743 9522 3775 9490 3826 9461
3838 9489
$$
JLTWhat 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 Nov 27, 1:25 PM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 1:25 PM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 125 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 .DISCUSSION... VERY EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERE IS BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. 18Z KSGF SOUNDING IS SHOWING A VERY STRONG CAP...BUT THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY BEGINNING TO SURGE NORTHEAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA/KANSAS AND TEXAS WILL BREAK THIS CAP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. 0-3 KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITIES ARE ALREADY NEAR 400 M2/S2...WHICH IS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR ROTATING STORMS IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE. A VERY STRONG JET STREAK IS NOTED ON SATELLITE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA WHICH IS ENHANCING LARGE SCALE LIFT ACROSS KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. SATELLITE IMAGERY IS VERY INTERESTING IN TERMS OF VERTICAL DIFFLUENT FLOW AS INDIVIDUAL CLOUD ELEMENTS ARE RACING NORTH/NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH A STRONG EASTERLY COMPONENT ACROSS EASTERN MISSOURI. BREAKS IN THE OVERALL CLOUD SHIELD HAS ALLOWED FOR TEMPERATURES TO RISE TO NEAR 70 DEGREES...WITH 60S ELSEWHERE. MODIFIED SOUNDING AT KSGF WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 67 AND A DEW POINT OF 53 INDICATED CAPES AROUND 915 J/KG AND A CAP OF 160 J/KG. IF THE TEMPERATURE OR MOISTURE INCREASES ONLY SLIGHTLY TO 70 OVER 55...INSTABILITY WILL RISE TO 1500 J/KG WITH LITTLE CAP. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA BY MIDNIGHT...WITH BLUSTERY CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THIS STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO THE NORTH...WILL ALLOW FOR SOME SPRINKLES...CHANGING OVER TO FLURRIES ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTHERN FORECAST AREA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. .EXTENDED OUTLOOK... MADE LITTLE CHANGES BEYOND WEDNESDAY WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM POSSIBLY AFFECTING SOUTHERN MISSOURI BY NEXT WEEKEND. THICKNESS VALUES AND MOISTURE REMAIN IN QUESTION...BUT DID ADD A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW FOR NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN SEASONABLY COOL AS THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN REMAINS WEST/NORTHWESTERLY. JLT && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS...A PATCH OF SCATTERED CLOUDS HAD OPENED UP OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI LATE THIS MORNING. SUNSHINE WILL ONLY ADD TO SURFACE INSTABILITY. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM OVER EASTERN KANSAS AROUND 21Z AND MOVE THROUGH THE KJLN AND KSGF TERMINALS BETWEEN 22-02Z. LLWS WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN IN ADVANCE OF THE CONVECTIVE LINE. ONCE STORMS CLEAR THE AREA...EXPECT WINDS...STRATOCUMULUS AND STRATUS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD. GAEDE && SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...WIND ADV UNTIL 6PM SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES. .KS...NONE. WFO SGF
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 27, 3:25 PM CST, 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 325 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-280600- 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- 325 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. ISOLATED STRONG TORNADOES. AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THIS EPISODE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY END PRIOR TO 2 AM. DISCUSSION: THE INGREDIENTS CONTINUE TO COME TOGETHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING FOR A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY FORM INTO LINE SEGMENTS AND MINIATURE SUPERCELLS ALONG AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGH THE EVENING. VERY STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL SUPPORT A THREAT OF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY REMAINS LIMITED...AND THE OZARKS REMAIN CAPPED DUE TO A STRONG INVERSION THIS AFTERNOON...THE STRENGTH OF THE APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL BREAK THIS CAP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL OCCUR BEHIND SUNDAYS STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI WHERE A TORNADO WATCH IS POSTED. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING AT 55 TO 65 MPH ONCE THEY DEVELOP...THEREFORE SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO BE IN PLACE AND ACTIVATED AS SOON AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE COUNTY UPSTREAM. && 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) JLT / CRAMER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 12:40 PM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1240 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-280200- BOURBON-CHEROKEE-CRAWFORD-BARTON-JASPER-MCDONALD-NEWTON-VERNON- 1240 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 875 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS BOURBON... CHEROKEE... CRAWFORD... IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BARTON... JASPER... MCDONALD... NEWTON... VERNON... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...BAXTER SPRINGS... CARTHAGE...COLUMBUS...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...LAMAR...NEOSHO... NEVADA...PINEVILLE AND PITTSBURG. JLT
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 3:07 PM CST, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 307 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 MOZ055>058-067>071-078>083-089>092-094>098-102>106-280515- BARRY-BENTON-CAMDEN-CEDAR-CHRISTIAN-DADE-DALLAS-DENT-DOUGLAS- GREENE-HICKORY-HOWELL-LACLEDE-LAWRENCE-MARIES-MILLER-MORGAN- OREGON-OZARK-PHELPS-POLK-PULASKI-ST. CLAIR-SHANNON-STONE-TANEY- TEXAS-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- 307 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 877 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 29 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI BENTON... CAMDEN... HICKORY... MARIES... MILLER... MORGAN... PHELPS... PULASKI... ST. CLAIR... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI DENT... HOWELL... OREGON... SHANNON... TEXAS... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BARRY... CEDAR... CHRISTIAN... DADE... DALLAS... DOUGLAS... GREENE... LACLEDE... LAWRENCE... OZARK... POLK... STONE... TANEY... WEBSTER... WRIGHT... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALTON...APPLETON CITY...AURORA... AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...BUFFALO...CABOOL...CAMDENTON... CASSVILLE...COLE CAMP...EL DORADO SPRINGS...ELDON...EMINENCE... FORSYTH...FORT LEONARD WOOD...GAINESVILLE...GALENA...GREENFIELD... HERMITAGE...HOUSTON...KIMBERLING CITY...LAKE OZARK...LEBANON... MANSFIELD...MARSHFIELD...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...MOUNTAIN GROVE... NIXA...OSAGE BEACH...OSCEOLA...OZARK...REPUBLIC...ROGERSVILLE... ROLLA...SALEM...SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON...THAYER...THEODOSIA... VERSAILLES...VIENNA...WARSAW...WAYNESVILLE...WEST PLAINS... WILLOW SPRINGS AND WINONA. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-280200- BOURBON-CHEROKEE-CRAWFORD-BARTON-JASPER-MCDONALD-NEWTON-VERNON- 307 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...TORNADO WATCH 875 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS BOURBON... CHEROKEE... CRAWFORD... IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BARTON... JASPER... MCDONALD... NEWTON... VERNON... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...BAXTER SPRINGS... CARTHAGE...COLUMBUS...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...LAMAR...NEOSHO... NEVADA...PINEVILLE AND PITTSBURG. A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM AND HUMID AIR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AND PRODUCE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL TRACK ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MUCH OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS...POTENTIALLY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...AND TORNADOS. THIS EPISODE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY END AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. GC / CRAMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 2:51 AM CST | Wind Advisory | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 17 hr |
| Nov 27, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 24 min |
| Nov 27, 4:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 18 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.