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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Springfield, MO

November 27, 2005Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2005, 4:12 PM CST for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 min. 1 report 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, 4:12 PM CST (22:12 UTC)
Expired: Nov 27, 2005, 4:30 PM CST
In force: 18 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), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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, 4:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Columbus, KS	SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS DOWNED A FEW TREES AND POWER POLES IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.

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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 150 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 272214
TORSGF
KSC021-272300-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0033.051127T2212Z-051127T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM CST.

* AT 408 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAULKNER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR COLUMBUS BY 420 PM CST.
  NEAR WEST MINERAL BY 425 PM CST.
  NEAR SCAMMON BY 430 PM CST.

THE TOWNS OF MELROSE...FAULKNER...HALLOWELL...SHERWIN...STIPPVILLE...
SKIDMORE AND ROSELAND 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 3699 9507 3694 9499 3732 9463 3733 9501

$$

CRAMER

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 272230
SVSSGF

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

KSC021-272240-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-051127T2300Z/
CHEROKEE KS-
430 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

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

AT 426 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.

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 3715 9499 3710 9488 3733 9468 3732 9493

$$

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, 4:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	44 min
Nov 27, 4:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Bourbon	24 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.