Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 72, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2006, 11:02 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2006, 11:02 PM CDT (04:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2006, 11:43 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 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), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 11:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Uniontown, KS | SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF UNIONTOWN AND REDFIELD. |
| Apr 23, 11:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Uniontown, KS | |
| Apr 23, 11:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Uniontown, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 23, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1071 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1337 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KSGF 240402 TORSGF KSC011-240500- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0072.060424T0402Z-060424T0500Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1102 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. * AT 1100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNIONTOWN...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA HARPE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE... 6 MILES SOUTH OF REDFIELD BY 1110 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF PETERSBURG...HIATTVILLE...PAWNEE STATION AND GARLAND 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 3786 9506 3768 9507 3768 9463 3788 9462 $$ CRAMER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 240420 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1120 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006 KSC011-240500- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-060424T0500Z/ BOURBON KS- 1120 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOURBON COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 1115 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF REDFIELD...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT SCOTT...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN BOURBON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF HIATTVILLE...PAWNEE STATION AND GARLAND. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3785 9489 3768 9498 3768 9462 3786 9462 $$ CRAMER
000 WWUS53 KSGF 240443 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1143 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006 KSC011-240453- /O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-060424T0500Z/ BOURBON KS- 1143 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BOURBON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1139 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. LAT...LON 3785 9489 3768 9498 3768 9462 3786 9462 $$ CRAMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 10:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 12 hr |
| Apr 23, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 68 min |
| Apr 24, 12:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 11 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.