Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2005, 6:06 PM CDT for Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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
- Apr 21, 2005, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Crawford County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 780 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KSGF 212307 TORSGF KSC037-220000- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0003.050421T2306Z-050422T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 607 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 700 PM CDT. * AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LARGE AND DANGEROUS TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST PARSONS. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE... NEAR GIRARD BY 650 PM CDT. NEAR FRONTENAC BY 700 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF GREENBUSH...BEULAH...RINGO...LONE OAK...FRANKLIN...POLK AND YALE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED THAT A LARGE TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND NOW THIS TORNADIC CIRCULATION WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY BETWEEN 620 PM AND 630 PM. LAT...LON 3758 9508 3735 9507 3736 9463 3765 9463 $$ IZZI
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 212324 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 624 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 MOC215-212334- /O.CAN.KSGF.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-050421T2330Z/ TEXAS MO- 624 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TEXAS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 619 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3740 9217 3719 9216 3729 9178 3756 9196 $$ RUNNELS
000 WWUS53 KSGF 212345 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 645 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 KSC037-220000- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050422T0000Z/ CRAWFORD KS- 645 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCCUNE...OR 10 MILES EAST OF PARSONS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... NEAR MCCUNE BY 650 PM CDT. THIS STORM IS CYCLIC IN NATURE...AND ONE TORNADO HAS BECOME RAIN WRAPPED. HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT ANOTHER STRONG CICULATION HAS DEVLOPED AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY NEAR MCCUNE. MOBILE HOMES ARE EASILY DESTROYED BY TORNADIC WINDS AND SHOULD BE EVACUATED FOR A STURDY 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 3752 9507 3734 9507 3734 9463 3762 9463 $$ IZZI
000 WWUS53 KSGF 212345 RRA SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 645 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 KSC037-220000- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050422T0000Z/ CRAWFORD KS- 645 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCCUNE...OR 10 MILES EAST OF PARSONS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... NEAR MCCUNE BY 650 PM CDT. THIS STORM IS CYCLIC IN NATURE...AND ONE TORNADO HAS BECOME RAIN WRAPPED. HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT ANOTHER STRONG CICULATION HAS DEVLOPED AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY NEAR MCCUNE. MOBILE HOMES ARE EASILY DESTROYED BY TORNADIC WINDS AND SHOULD BE EVACUATED FOR A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS INDICATE THAT THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL NEAR MCCUNE. LAT...LON 3752 9507 3734 9507 3734 9463 3762 9463 $$ IZZI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 66 min |
| Apr 21, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 45 min |
| Apr 21, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Crawford | 67 min |
| Apr 21, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 32 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.