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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Springfield, MO

November 27, 2005Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2005, 4:08 PM CST for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 min. 3 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, 4:08 PM CST (22:08 UTC)
Expired: Nov 27, 2005, 4:32 PM CST
In force: 24 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 22:08 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, 4:10 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.

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, 10.1 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 272208
TORSGF
KSC011-272300-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0032.051127T2208Z-051127T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
408 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM CST.

* AT 404 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF ERIE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR UNIONTOWN BY 420 PM CST.

THE TOWNS OF PORTERVILLE...PETERSBURG...XENIA...MAPLETON AND HARDING
ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

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 3751 9542 3743 9522 3775 9490 3826 9461
      3838 9489

$$

JLT

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 272215
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
414 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

KSC011-272300-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-051127T2300Z/
BOURBON KS-
414 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOURBON COUNTY UNTIL 500
PM CST...

AT 413 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR 
ERIE IN NEOSHO COUNTY AROUND 5 PM.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NOW 8 
MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNIONTOWN...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA 
HARPE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR UNIONTOWN BY 420 PM CST.

THE TOWNS OF PORTERVILLE...PETERSBURG...XENIA AND MAPLETON ARE ALSO
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

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 3751 9542 3743 9522 3775 9490 3826 9461
      3838 9489

$$

JLT

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 272218
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
418 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

KSC011-272300-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-051127T2300Z/
BOURBON KS-
418 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOURBON COUNTY UNTIL 500
PM CST...

AT 417 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO..  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UNIONTOWN...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA
HARPE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN BOURBON
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF UNIONTOWN...BRONSON...XENIA AND
MAPLETON.

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 3751 9542 3743 9522 3775 9490 3826 9461
      3838 9489

$$

JLT

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 272226
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
425 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

KSC011-272300-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-051127T2300Z/
BOURBON KS-
425 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOURBON COUNTY UNTIL 500
PM CST...

AT 421 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO..  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UNIONTOWN...OR 16 MILES EAST OF LA HARPE...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN BOURBON
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF XENIA AND MAPLETON.

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 3751 9542 3743 9522 3775 9490 3826 9461
      3838 9489

$$

JLT

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 272232
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
431 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

KSC011-272241-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-051127T2300Z/
BOURBON KS-
431 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BOURBON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 430 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACROSS CRAWFORD 
COUNTY...WHICH WILL AFFECT BOURBON COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM. 

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 3751 9542 3743 9522 3775 9490 3826 9461
      3838 9489

$$

JLT

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, 4:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	44 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.