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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Springfield, MO

April 21, 2005Cherokee County, Kansas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 21, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2005-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1218 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2005-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCrawford30 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.