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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Springfield, MO

April 23, 2006Bourbon County, Kansas

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 23, 11:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGUniontown, KSSEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF UNIONTOWN AND REDFIELD.
Apr 23, 11:10 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Uniontown, KS
Apr 23, 11:25 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Uniontown, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 23, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2006-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1071 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 2006-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 10:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBourbon12 hr
Apr 23, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon66 min
Apr 23, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCrawford49 min
Apr 23, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee68 min
Apr 24, 12:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchSGFBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford11 hr

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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.