Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 76, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2009, 3:40 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. 5 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 9, 2009, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2009, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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 9, 3:43 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Girard, KS | |
| Jun 9, 3:57 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 E Frontenac, KS | WALL CLOUD WITH 2 FUNNELS |
| Jun 9, 4:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Lone Oak, KS | |
| Jun 9, 4:01 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Lone Oak, KS | |
| Jun 9, 4:06 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Pittsburg, KS |
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 9, 1:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1981 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KSGF 092040
TORSGF
KSC021-037-092130-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0076.090609T2040Z-090609T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
340 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.
* AT 338 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR GIRARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CHEROKEE BY 355 PM CDT.
PITTSBURG...FRONTENAC AND 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEIR BY 400 PM CDT.
THE TOWNS OF RINGO...BEULAH...LONE OAK...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.
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING PREVIOUS EFFECT
FOR WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 9495 3746 9462 3731 9462 3722 9463
3745 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 299DEG 28KT 3748 9490
$$
WISE1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KSGF 092053
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
353 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009
KSC021-037-092130-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-090609T2130Z/
CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-
353 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES...
AT 353 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR LONE OAK...OR NEAR PITTSBURG...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PITTSBURG...FRONTENAC AND 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEIR BY 400 PM CDT.
THE TOWN OF CHICOPEE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
&&
LAT...LON 3740 9496 3755 9483 3746 9462 3731 9462
3722 9463
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 299DEG 28KT 3742 9477
$$
WISEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 1:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 2:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Crawford | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 5:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 34 min |
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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.