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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Springfield, MO

June 7, 2007Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 10:18 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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: Jun 7, 2007, 10:18 PM CDT (03:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 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
Jun 7, 10:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Pittsburg, KS	FEW TREES DOWN.
Jun 7, 10:43 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Pittsburg, KS	SEVERAL LIMBS DOWN...PEA SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED.

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
Jun 7, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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: 1639 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 10.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 080318
TORSGF
KSC021-037-080400-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0036.070608T0318Z-070608T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1018 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

* AT 1016 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CARONA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WEIR BY 1025 PM CDT.
  PITTSBURG BY 1030 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF CHICOPEE AND OPOLIS ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADIC STORM.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

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 3736 9493 3741 9476 3741 9472 3743 9466
      3743 9463 3726 9463 3724 9493

$$

WISE

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 080338
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1037 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

KSC021-037-080400-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-070608T0400Z/
CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-
1037 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES...

AT 1031 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
CHICOPEE...OR NEAR PITTSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THERE HAS BEEN REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGE IN WEIR AND CHICOPEE.
THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
CHEROKEE AND SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

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 3736 9493 3741 9476 3741 9472 3743 9466
      3743 9463 3726 9463 3724 9493

$$

WISE

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 080355
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1053 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

KSC021-037-080403-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-070608T0400Z/
CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-
1053 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHEASTERN
CRAWFORD COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1100 PM CDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.

THERE IS A STRONG TORNADIC STORM IN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN 
OKLAHOMA THAT IS MOVE TOWARDS SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY.


LAT...LON 3736 9493 3741 9476 3741 9472 3743 9466
      3743 9463 3726 9463 3724 9493

$$

WISE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Crawford	55 min
Jun 7, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	55 min
Jun 7, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	34 min
Jun 7, 11:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cherokee	42 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.