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Tornado Warning 85, NWS Springfield, MO

March 31, 2008Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2008, 10:29 AM CDT for Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2008, 10:29 AM CDT (15:29 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2008, 11:30 AM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Crawford County, KS

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 7, 1:52 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	146 days
Mar 31, 8:44 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 640 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 336 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 10.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 311529
TORSGF
KSC037-311630-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0085.080331T1529Z-080331T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1029 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT.

* AT 1025 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCUNE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST.
  PAUL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GIRARD BY 1045 AM CDT.
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRONTENAC BY 1055 AM CDT.
  ARMA AND ENGLEVALE BY 1100 AM CDT.
  MULBERRY BY 1105 AM CDT.
  ARCADIA BY 1110 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF GREENBUSH...BRAZILTON...BEULAH...RINGO...FARLINGTON...
POLK...FRANKLIN AND CROWEBURG 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.

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 3768 9477 3767 9462 3748 9462 3733 9500
      3734 9508 3753 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1529Z 242DEG 36KT 3743 9504

$$

SCHAUMANN

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 311545
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1044 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

KSC037-311630-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-080331T1630Z/
CRAWFORD KS-
1044 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR CRAWFORD
COUNTY...

AT 1042 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR BEULAH...OR NEAR GIRARD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH. A SECOND AREA OF ROTATION WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF 
MCCUNE.

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FRONTENAC BY 1055 AM CDT.
  ARMA AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENGLEVALE BY 1100 AM CDT.
  MULBERRY BY 1105 AM CDT.
  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARCADIA BY 1110 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF RINGO...POLK...FRANKLIN...YALE AND CROWEBURG ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

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 3768 9477 3767 9462 3748 9462 3733 9500
      3734 9508 3753 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1544Z 243DEG 30KT 3745 9481

$$

SCHAUMANN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 7:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	54 min
Mar 31, 7:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford	12 hr
Mar 31, 8:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cherokee	53 min
Mar 31, 9:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	58 min
Mar 31, 10:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Crawford	58 min
Mar 31, 10:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	65 min
Mar 31, 10:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Crawford	63 min
Mar 31, 11:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	42 min
Mar 31, 12:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	71 min
Mar 31, 6:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford	38 hr

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.