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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Springfield, MO

October 17, 2007Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 17, 2007, 8:29 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min. 2 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: Oct 17, 2007, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired: Oct 17, 2007, 9:25 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 17, 9:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Baxter Springs, KS	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. THE ENTIRE TOWN IS WITHOUT POWER.
Oct 17, 9:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cherokee, KS	TREE BLOWN DOWN AND BLOWN ACROSS ROAD INTO PARKED FIRE TRUCK.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 31 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 17, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.4
Supercell composite: 8.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 180129
SVRSGF
KSC021-037-180230-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0222.071018T0129Z-071018T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
829 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.

* AT 826 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MCCUNE TO 8 MILES
  WEST OF MELROSE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TREECE BY 835 PM CDT.
  BAXTER SPRINGS AND WEST MINERAL BY 840 PM CDT.
  GALENA AND COLUMBUS BY 845 PM CDT.
  SCAMMON AND CARONA BY 850 PM CDT.
  WEIR AND CHEROKEE BY 855 PM CDT.
  PITTSBURG...FRONTENAC AND ARMA BY 905 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF HALLOWELL...FAULKNER...SHERWIN...NEUTRAL...LOWELL...
RIVERTON...STIPPVILLE...SKIDMORE...CRESTLINE AND ROSELAND ARE ALSO IN
THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...IF
YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3724 9508 3738 9508 3762 9463 3700 9463
      3698 9470 3698 9507 3700 9509 3712 9510
      3723 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 216DEG 49KT 3741 9500 3703 9507

$$

SCHAUMANN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 180152
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
851 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

KSC021-037-180230-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0222.000000T0000Z-071018T0230Z/
CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-
851 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR CHEROKEE AND SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES...

AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CROWEBURG TO
MELROSE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PITTSBURG AND FRONTENAC BY 900 PM CDT.
  BAXTER SPRINGS BY 905 PM CDT.
  GALENA BY 910 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF YALE...NEUTRAL...LOWELL...RIVERTON...CRESTLINE AND
LAWTON ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...IF
YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3727 9508 3742 9495 3762 9463 3700 9463
      3698 9470 3698 9507 3700 9509 3712 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 221DEG 42KT 3759 9466 3700 9494

$$

SCHAUMANN

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 180225
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
925 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

KSC021-037-180235-
/O.CAN.KSGF.SV.W.0222.000000T0000Z-071018T0230Z/
CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-
925 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHEROKEE AND SOUTHEASTERN
CRAWFORD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WERE NO
LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3727 9508 3742 9495 3762 9463 3700 9463
      3698 9470 3698 9507 3700 9509 3712 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 221DEG 42KT 3789 9433 3730 9461

$$

ANGLE

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 17, 7:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 17, 7:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
712 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

...UPDATE TO AVIATION...

.DISCUSSION...

SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS A GOOD BET LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND DURING
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...MAINLY BEFORE 3 AM. THERMODYNAMICS REMAIN
VARIABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WITH INDICES ACTUALLY INCREASING DURING
THE EVENING HOURS. AFTER TONIGHT...MUCH CALMER WEATHER WILL
DEVELOP...HOWEVER GUSTY SURFACE WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE FROM
THE WEST AND NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES
NORTHEAST OF THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY RISE ACROSS
WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS BEFORE NOON THURSDAY...THEN
REMAIN STREADY OR SLOWLY FALL AS CLOUD COVER AND STRONG COLD AIR
ADVECTION BEGINS TO SPREAD ACROSS THE OZARKS. THE EASTERN OZARKS
WILL LIKELY RISE INTO THE 70S WITH A FEW 80S POSSIBLE IN SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI WHERE A POCKET OF WARMER AIR WILL RESIDE THROUGH
THE DAY.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE A TRANSITION FROM COOLER AIR TO MUCH
WARMER AIR AS A RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S.
92/85H WILL LIKELY RISE INTO THE TEENS WHICH WILL PROVIDE SURFACE
TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND LOWER 80S. SUNDAY MAY GET ANOTHER VERY
WARM DAY BUT THIS DEPENDS UPON THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER AND
TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT.

PREVIOUS EXTENDED FORECAST MODELS HAVE NOT BEEN CONSISTENT IN THE
MID/LONG TERM RANGE WHICH REMAINS A PROBLEM WITH TIMING AND THE
OVERALL EXTENT OF THE COLD AIR ADVECTING SOUTHWARD EARLY NEXT
WEEK. ALTHOUGH THE GFS ENSEMBLES REMAIN THE FAVORITE WITH THE MEAN
UPPER AIR FLOW...DIFFERENCES ARISE IN SURFACE
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT WHICH MAY
WAIT UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING. HAVE CONTINUED TO LEAN TOWARD HPC
GUIDANCE...BUT HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS WITH THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL
AND HOW LONG IT WILL REMAIN WITH THIS TYPE OF PATTERN.
ANYWAY...CONFIDENCE AFTER SUNDAY REMAINS VERY LOW WITH ANY ONE
SOLUTION.

JLT

&&

.AVIATION...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING ACROSS THE AREA AT THIS TIME WITH
A SECOND LINE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA FROM 01-09Z. CEILINGS
WILL VARY FROM VFR TO MVFR WITH IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN
AND NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS. COULD ALSO BE SOME RESIDUAL FOG
PRESENT UNTIL AFTER SUNRISE. VFR CONDITIONS WILL THEN PREVAIL
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.

GAEDE

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 17, 8:05 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
805 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-190115-
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
805 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR STRONG AND LONG TRACKED TORNADOES...
  DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH...AND LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
  GOLFBALLS.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND
  WEST OF HIGHWAY 65 THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE
  OUTLOOK AREA FROM LATE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

  DISCUSSION:

  A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS THE PLAINS
  THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. CONVECTION CONTINUES
  ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE PRESENCE OF DEEP
  LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS...WILL
  CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR ROTATING SUPERCELLS ACROSS THE AREA.
  STRONG LINE SEGMENTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING
  STRAIGHT LINE WINDS POSSIBLE. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL WAVE AND
  ASSOCIATED JET STREAM IS PUSHING ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND
  WILL PUSH OVER TO THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. AS THIS SYSTEM
  APPROACHES THE AREA THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT
  HOURS...ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST ACROSS THE
  AREA. DISCRETE ROTATING SUPERCELLS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND
  DAMAGING WINDS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING STRONG AND LONG TRACK TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

 ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP IN THE PLAINS ON SUNDAY
 BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA LATE SUNDAY AND
 SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST
 KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA
 LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. &&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)

WISE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 17, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
647 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0646 PM     TORNADO          3 S MORRISVILLE         37.44N 93.43W
10/17/2007                   POLK               MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND SOUTH OF
            MORRISVILLE...HOWEVER NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS
            TIME.

&&

JLT

Local storm report, Oct 17, 6:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
651 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0648 PM     TORNADO          1 S MORRISVILLE         37.47N 93.43W
10/17/2007                   POLK               MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            TORNADO REMAINS ON THE GROUND SOUTH OF MORRISVILLE AT THE
            JUNCTION OF POLK COUNTY ROAD 111 AND FARM ROAD 560. THE
            TORNADO WAS REPORTED MOVING RAPIDLY NORTH NORTHWEST.

&&

JLT

Local storm report, Oct 17, 6:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
653 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0640 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CAVE SPRINGS            37.35N 93.46W
10/17/2007                   GREENE             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            10 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB BLOWN DOWN.

&&

JLT

Local storm report, Oct 17, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
659 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0657 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     MORRISVILLE             37.48N 93.43W
10/17/2007                   POLK               MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            A WALL CLOUD WAS ROTATING OVER THE TOWN OF MORRISVILLE.

&&

JLT

Local storm report, Oct 17, 7:56 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
756 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0638 PM     TORNADO          1 E CAVE SPRINGS        37.35N 93.45W
10/17/2007                   GREENE             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A HOUSE, BARN, AND TREES.

&&

BARJENBRUCH

Local storm report, Oct 17, 8:25 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
825 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0634 PM     HAIL             LIBERAL                 37.56N 94.52W
10/17/2007  E1.00 INCH       BARTON             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BARJENBRUCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 17, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.