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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Springfield, MO

July 12, 2010Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 2010, 8:23 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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: Jul 12, 2010, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2010, 8:54 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cherokee County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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
Jul 12, 8:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 W Baxter Springs, KS	60 X 80 POLE BARN DAMAGED.
Jul 12, 8:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Melrose, KS	ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE IN MELROSE
Jul 12, 8:25 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 Wnw Treece, KS	NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 90 MPH. THE TORNADO TRACKED EAST SOUTHEAST ALONG A BROKEN PATH APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES IN LENGTH WITH A MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 60 YARDS. THE TORNADO UPROOTED AND SNAPPED SEVERAL LARGE TRE
Jul 12, 8:28 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Treece, KS	A FEW TREES DOWN ACROSS STAR ROAD
Jul 12, 8:49 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Baxter Springs, 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
Jul 12, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jul 12, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 100 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: 38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -203 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

048 
WFUS53 KSGF 130123
TORSGF
KSC021-130215-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0039.100713T0123Z-100713T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
823 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT.

* AT 818 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR MELROSE...OR 7 MILES EAST OF CHETOPA...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BAXTER SPRINGS...MELROSE AND TREECE.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845PM.

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 3712 9497 3702 9471 3699 9472 3699 9499
      3699 9502 3700 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 296DEG 15KT 3705 9495

$$

HATCH

2 follow-up statements

793 
WWUS53 KSGF 130128
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
828 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2010

KSC021-130215-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-100713T0215Z/
CHEROKEE KS-
828 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 
PM...

AT 823 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR MELROSE...OR 8 MILES EAST OF CHETOPA...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BAXTER SPRINGS...MELROSE AND TREECE.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

&&

LAT...LON 3712 9497 3702 9471 3699 9472 3699 9499
      3699 9502 3700 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 296DEG 15KT 3704 9493

$$

HATCH

204 
WWUS53 KSGF 130154
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
854 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2010

KSC021-130204-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-100713T0215Z/
CHEROKEE KS-
854 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS EXITING THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3712 9497 3702 9471 3699 9472 3699 9499
      3699 9502 3700 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 296DEG 15KT 3699 9481

$$

GAEDE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	59 min
Jul 12, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	54 min
Jul 12, 9:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee	6 hr
Jul 13, 1:50 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	SGF	Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford	53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.