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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Springfield, MO

April 6, 2006Crawford County, Kansas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 6, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2006-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 293 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 12:00Z on 2006-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 378 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBourbon55 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.