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Tornado Warning 81, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2009, 4:05 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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 9, 2009, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2009, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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, 4:06 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Pittsburg, KS | |
| Jun 9, 4:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Pittsburg, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 092105 TORSGF KSC021-037-092145- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0081.090609T2105Z-090609T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 405 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT. * AT 404 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. PAUL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MCCUNE BY 415 PM CDT. 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST MINERAL BY 430 PM CDT. 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARONA BY 435 PM CDT. CHEROKEE AND SCAMMON BY 440 PM CDT. WEIR AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PITTSBURG BY 445 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF BEULAH...ROSELAND AND CHICOPEE 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. 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 3753 9509 3740 9462 3711 9462 3734 9508 TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 296DEG 25KT 3746 9506 $$ BARJENBRUCH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KSGF 092128 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 428 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 KSC021-037-092145- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-090609T2145Z/ CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS- 428 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES... AT 427 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR CHEROKEE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CHEROKEE...SCAMMON...CARONA AND 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PITTSBURG BY 435 PM CDT. WEIR BY 440 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF ROSELAND...CHICOPEE...SKIDMORE...STIPPVILLE AND LAWTON ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. && LAT...LON 3750 9499 3740 9462 3711 9462 3731 9502 TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 306DEG 32KT 3735 9487 $$ BARJENBRUCH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jun 9, 2:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 253 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FOCUS THIS FORECAST WILL BE WITH CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION CHANCES. WARM FRONT HAS LIFTED NORTH/NORTHEAST INTO THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TODAY AND WAS NEAR A FORT SCOTT TO EMINENCE LINE AS OF 19Z. SURFACE BASED CAPES SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT HAVE INCREASED TO AROUND 3000-3500 J/KG WITH BULK SHEAR ALONG THE FRONT FROM 40 TO 70 KTS. STORMS QUICKLY BECAME SUPERCELLULAR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE FRONT AND THIS TREND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. NOT MUCH OF A CAP YET AT SGF AS OF 19Z SOUNDING HOWEVER AS WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEAST THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING THE CAP WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN(SEE 19Z OUN SOUNDING). THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT LATER TONIGHT WITH LOW LEVEL JET CRANKING UP AGAIN AND FEEDING MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. BULK OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT WILL LIKELY OCCUR NORTH OF THE CWA WITH CENTRAL MO ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION. WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NOW. THIS WILL PROBABLY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOWEVER AS FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE BACK TO THE SOUTH INTO THE AREA. HEAVY RAIN APPEARS LIKELY WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS FRONT MOVES BACK TO THE SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA AND ANOTHER SHORTWAVE PUSHES IN FROM THE WEST. MAY BE A BREAK IN THE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...HOWEVER MODELS HANDLE THIS TIME FRAME DIFFERENTLY AND WITH FRONT NOT MOVING MUCH TO THE SOUTH CAN NOT RULE IT OUT COMPLETELY. FRONT MOVES BACK INTO THE FORECAST AREA OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AND WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. LINDENBERG && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS...WARM FRONT STARTING TO LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. BEHIND THE FRONT...ATMOSPHERE IS STARTING TO DESTABILIZE QUITE A BIT WITH SURFACE BASED CAPES OF 3000+ J/KG. ENHANCED CU FIELD DEVELOPING AND SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE STORM INITIATION FAIRLY SOON. CONVECTION WILL LIKELY BE ENHANCED THIS EVENING AND LATER TONIGHT AS LOW LEVEL JET KICKS IN AND UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. HAVE ALSO ADDED SOME LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR OVERNIGHT AS LOW LEVEL JET WILL CAUSE SOME 40-45 KTS OF SHEAR. LINDENBERG && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 2:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 219 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-101930- 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- 219 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...TORNADOES...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR FORT SCOTT TO NEAR EMINENCE. THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM THREAT AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS LINE. A WARM LAYER IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHEAST AND SPREAD ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT. WHILE THIS WILL CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE THE AIR SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT...A CAP WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP WHICH SHOULD WORK AGAINST ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WILL BE OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT. THE STORMS TONIGHT WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL INTERACT WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE REGION TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES SOUTH INTO THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND INTERACTS WITH MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY. AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AS THE CONVECTION EVOLVES INTO ONE OR MORE SLOW MOVING STORM COMPLEXES OR CLUSTERS. PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI...THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK...BUT THE TIMING AND EXTENT OF THE STORMS IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. && 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) LINDENBERG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 9, 3:10 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
310 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0309 PM HAIL ST. ROBERT 37.83N 92.18W
06/09/2009 E0.25 INCH PULASKI MO PUBLIC
&&
BARJENBRUCHLocal storm report, Jun 9, 3:24 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
324 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0319 PM FUNNEL CLOUD FORT LEONARD WOOD 37.71N 92.16W
06/09/2009 PULASKI MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
REPORTED OVER THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE BASE.
&&
BARJENBRUCHLocal storm report, Jun 9, 3:38 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
338 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0331 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 N POLK 37.60N 94.74W
06/09/2009 E60 MPH CRAWFORD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED.
&&
BARJENBRUCHLocal storm report, Jun 9, 3:41 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
341 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 N QUINCY 38.04N 93.47W
06/09/2009 HICKORY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
&&
BARJENBRUCHLocal storm report, Jun 9, 3:43 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
343 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM TORNADO PRESTON 37.94N 93.21W
06/09/2009 HICKORY MO TRAINED SPOTTER
RAIN WRAPPED SMALL ROPE TORNADO ONE QUARTER MILE W OF
65/54 JUNCTION
&&
SRUNNELSLocal storm report, Jun 9, 3:59 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
359 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0357 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 E FRONTENAC 37.46N 94.63W
06/09/2009 CRAWFORD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
WALL CLOUD WITH 2 FUNNELS
&&
SRUNNELSThe 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, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee, 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, 4:39 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.