Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2005, 7:05 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cherokee County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 1218 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1229 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KSGF 220006 TORSGF KSC021-220100- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0008.050422T0005Z-050422T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 706 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 800 PM CDT. * AT 702 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST MINERAL...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PITTSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE... NEAR WEIR BY 720 PM CDT. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING NUMEROUS TORNADOES...AND ANOTHER TORNADO WILL LIKELY FORM AND COULD AFFECT EXTREME NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. THIS TORNADIC CIRCULATION WILL PASS NORTH OF WEST MINERAL AND NEAR WEIR. LAT...LON 3733 9494 3727 9493 3727 9462 3733 9463 $$ IZZI
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 220027 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 727 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 KSC021-220100- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050422T0100Z/ CHEROKEE KS- 727 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTER CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEIR...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF PITTSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3733 9486 3727 9487 3727 9462 3733 9463 $$ IZZI
000 WWUS53 KSGF 220048 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 748 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 KSC021-220100- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050422T0100Z/ CHEROKEE KS- 748 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF PURCELL...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PITTSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A NEW THUNDERSTORM THAT HAS DEVELOPED NEAR WEIR...AND IF THE ROTATION INTENSIFIES THEN IT COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO. LAT...LON 3733 9486 3727 9487 3727 9462 3733 9463 $$ IZZI
000 WWUS53 KSGF 220100 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 800 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 KSC021-220110- /O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050422T0100Z/ CHEROKEE KS- 800 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 757 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD. LAT...LON 3733 9486 3727 9487 3727 9462 3733 9463 $$ BROWNING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 30 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.