Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2005, 6:15 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 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), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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 |
| Apr 21, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 212317 TORSGF KSC011-220000- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0004.050421T2315Z-050422T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 615 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 700 PM CDT. * AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF WALNUT...OR NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE ALLEN...NEOSHO AND BOURBON COUNTY BORDERS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN BOURBON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF PORTERVILLE...HIATTVILLE...PAWNEE STATION AND GARLAND. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3780 9507 3766 9509 3767 9463 3791 9464 $$ RUNNELS
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 212329 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 630 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 KSC011-220000- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050422T0000Z/ BOURBON KS- 630 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR BOURBON COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HEPLER...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF ERIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN BOURBON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF PETERSBURG...HIATTVILLE AND PAWNEE STATION. MOBILE HOMES ARE EASILY DESTROYED BY TORNADIC WINDS AND SHOULD BE EVACUATED FOR A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3780 9507 3766 9509 3767 9463 3791 9464 $$ IZZI
000 WWUS53 KSGF 212331 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 631 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 KSC011-220000- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050422T0000Z/ BOURBON KS- 631 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR BOURBON COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 625 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED A FEW MILES NORTH OF HEPLER...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF ERIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN BOURBON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF PETERSBURG...HIATTVILLE AND PAWNEE STATION. 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 3780 9507 3766 9509 3767 9463 3791 9464 $$ IZZI
000 WWUS53 KSGF 212351 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 651 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 KSC011-220000- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050422T0000Z/ BOURBON KS- 651 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR BOURBON COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 646 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WERE TRACKING A TORNADO NEAR HIATTVILLE...AND IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND AS CONFIRMED BY LAW ENFORMCEMENT. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN BOURBON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF PAWNEE STATION...FORT SCOTT...AND GARLAND. MOBILE HOMES ARE EASILY DESTROYED BY TORNADIC WINDS AND SHOULD BE EVACUATED FOR A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3781 9493 3767 9492 3767 9463 3791 9464 $$ 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, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Crawford | 54 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 |
Nearby
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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.