Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 64, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2006, 6:29 PM CDT for Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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 6, 2006, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2006, 6:51 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Crawford County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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 6, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -508 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1046 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 378 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 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 062330 TORSGF KSC037-070030- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0064.060406T2329Z-060407T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 629 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 730 PM CDT. * AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES ACROSS LABETTE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARSONS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE... NEAR HEPLER BY 700 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF GREENBUSH...BRAZILTON AND FARLINGTON 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 3768 9506 3735 9508 3761 9461 3767 9460 $$ IZZI
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KSGF 062351 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 650 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 KSC037-070000- /O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-060407T0030Z/ CRAWFORD KS- 650 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 646 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM...AND TORNADIC STORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING ACROSS CRAWFORD COUNTY. LAT...LON 3768 9506 3735 9508 3761 9461 3767 9460 $$ SAW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 55 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.