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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Springfield, MO

May 2, 2008Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2008, 2:49 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2008, 2:49 AM CDT (07:49 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2008, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 7, 1:52 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC146 days
May 2, 12:53 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2008-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1112 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2008-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 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
1112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-241 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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 May 2, 12:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 12:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 1:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
132 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-030645-
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-
132 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
  70MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  A SQUALL LINE THAT HAS DEVELOPED JUST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
  ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS...WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST
  KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THEN
  EAST TO NEAR HIGHWAY 65 BY DAY BREAK.

  DISCUSSION:

 THIS A SQUALL LINE WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN
 EXCESS OF 70 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND ISOLATED
 TORNADOES EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LINE WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS LINE
 WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI IN THE
 NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH IT PUSHING EAST TO ROUGHLY HIGHWAY 65 BY
 DAY BREAK. MODERATE INSTABILITY AND STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL KEEP
 THE SEVERE THREAT ALONG THE LINE GOING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
 HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

 STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING FIRST THING
 FRIDAY MORNING IN THE VICINITY OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR.
 STRONG WIND FIELDS ALOFT AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL
 CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND
 AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH
 AND LARGE HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER
 RISKS.

 AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST
 ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. GIVEN THE EXPECTED WIND SHEAR AND
 INSTABILITY PROFILES ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS...IT IS POSSIBLE
 FOR THIS LINE OF STORMS TO BREAK UP INTO SEGMENTS OR EVEN
 SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. IF THIS OCCURS...THE RISK FOR TORNADOES
 WILL INCREASE. PERSONS EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR ARE URGED
 TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS REGARDING THE SEVERE WEATHER
 POTENTIAL FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE
 FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

 ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY MOVE INTO THE REGION TUESDAY AND
 WEDNESDAY BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEED OVERNIGHT ACROSS
 AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

&&

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, May 1, 10:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1021 PM CDT THU MAY 01 2008

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

1001 PM     HAIL             7 NW UNIONTOWN          37.92N 95.07W
05/01/2008  E1.00 INCH       BOURBON            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1005 PM     TORNADO          5 NW UNIONTOWN          37.90N 95.04W
05/01/2008                   BOURBON            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            UNCONFIRMED TORNADO REPORTED TO SHERIFFS OFFICE.

&&

LINDENBERG
Special weather statement, May 2, 2:03 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
203 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

KSZ073-097-020800-
BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS-
203 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BOURBON AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL
300 AM CDT...

AT 159 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF
MORAN TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF MORAN TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. PAUL...
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUND CITY TO 18
MILES NORTH OF ST. PAUL TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. PAUL...MOVING
EAST AT 29 MPH.

PEOPLE IN BOURBON AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF
BRONSON...WALNUT...MCCUNE...UNIONTOWN...HEPLER...REDFIELD...GIRARD...
FULTON...CHEROKEE AND FORT SCOTT...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

LINDENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, Newton, Vernon61 min
May 2, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton55 min
May 2, 3:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade62 min
May 2, 4:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair60 min
May 2, 4:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton60 min
May 2, 4:40 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry35 min
May 2, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Greene, Polk61 min
May 2, 4:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene56 min
May 2, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Miller, Morgan60 min
May 2, 5:06 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Stone24 min
May 2, 5:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone, Taney51 min
May 2, 5:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian26 min
May 2, 5:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Polk, Webster67 min
May 2, 5:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark, Taney64 min
May 2, 5:47 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Webster28 min
May 2, 6:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark, Texas, Webster, Wright39 min
May 2, 6:18 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFTexas, Wright27 min
May 2, 6:35 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFHowell, Ozark, Texas40 min
May 2, 6:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon, Texas66 min
May 2, 7:01 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFOregon, Shannon44 min
May 2, 7:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell27 min
May 2, 7:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon32 min
May 2, 8:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon34 min
May 2, 8:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOregon6 hr
May 1, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBourbon55 min
May 1, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBourbon47 min
May 1, 10:27 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBourbon29 min
May 1, 10:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBourbon17 min
May 2, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon, Crawford59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.