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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Springfield, MO

June 10, 2007Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT for Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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 10, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2007, 5:16 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crawford County, KS

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 4:44 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Brazilton, KS

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

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1180 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1180 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1117 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 102130
TORSGF
KSC037-102230-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0039.070610T2130Z-070610T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
430 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.

* AT 427 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALNUT...OR 9
  MILES EAST OF ST. PAUL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GIRARD BY 445 PM CDT.
  ENGLEVALE AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARMA BY 505 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF BRAZILTON AND FARLINGTON ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADIC STORM.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
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 3760 9507 3747 9504 3750 9468 3772 9469

$$

RUNNELS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 102200
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
457 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

KSC037-102230-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070610T2230Z/
CRAWFORD KS-
457 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR CRAWFORD 
COUNTY...

AT 444 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL BRAZILTON 
IN NORTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY. WHILE THE ROTATION WITH THIS STORM IS 
WEAKENING...A TORNADO REMAINS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM MOVES EAST AT 20 
MPH. 

THE TORNADO THREAT WILL PASS BETWEEN FARLINGTON AND GIRARD THROUGH 
510 PM.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3760 9507 3747 9504 3750 9468 3772 9469

$$

RUNNELS
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 102216
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
516 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

KSC037-102226-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070610T2230Z/
CRAWFORD KS-
516 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3760 9507 3747 9504 3750 9468 3772 9469

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 6:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBourbon6 hr
Jun 10, 3:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchSGFBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford21 hr
Jun 10, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon42 min
Jun 10, 5:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCrawford13 hr
Jun 10, 6:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee6 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.