Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 65, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2006, 6:35 PM CDT for Bourbon 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 6, 2006, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2006, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 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), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 062336 TORSGF KSC011-070030- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0065.060406T2335Z-060407T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 635 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 730 PM CDT. * AT 633 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. PAUL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE... NEAR FORT SCOTT BY 720 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF HIATTVILLE...PAWNEE STATION...MARMATON AND GARLAND ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE GOLF BALL SIZE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WELL AWAY FROM THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION. LAT...LON 3787 9508 3767 9508 3768 9463 3800 9461 $$ IZZI
3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KSGF 062354
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
653 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006
MOC229-070030-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-060407T0030Z/
WRIGHT MO-
653 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WRIGHT COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 651 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HARTVILLE...OR 17 MILES EAST OF
MARSHFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL NEAR THE TOWN OF SEYMOUR. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL
AREAS OF NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF GROVESPRING.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3735 9269 3717 9269 3724 9250 3747 9223
3748 9252 3748 9269
$$
GAGAN000
WWUS53 KSGF 070007
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
707 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006
KSC011-070030-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-060407T0030Z/
BOURBON KS-
707 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOURBON COUNTY UNTIL 730
PM CDT...
AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALNUT...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF ERIE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE...
NEAR UNIONTOWN BY 725 PM CDT.
NEAR REDFIELD BY 730 PM CDT.
THE TOWNS OF PORTERVILLE AND PETERSBURG ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO.
A NEW CIRCULATION HAS DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWEST BOURBON COUNTY AND MAY
BECOME TORNADIC.
LAT...LON 3773 9507 3802 9507 3802 9462 3799 9462
3797 9464 3767 9463 3767 9468 3768 9469
3768 9509
$$
SAW/IZZI000
WWUS53 KSGF 070021
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
721 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006
KSC011-070030-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-060407T0030Z/
BOURBON KS-
721 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOURBON COUNTY UNTIL 730
PM CDT...
AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
UNIONTOWN...OR 14 MILES WEST OF FORT SCOTT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF BOURBON COUNTY...
INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF REDFIELD...UNIONTOWN...DEVON AND HARDING.
LAT...LON 3773 9507 3802 9507 3802 9462 3799 9462
3797 9464 3768 9484 3768 9509
$$
IZZIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Crawford | 22 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.