Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 2011, 8:05 PM CST for Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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
- Feb 27, 2011, 8:05 PM CST (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2011, 8:45 PM CST
- 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), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 8:24 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Mccune, KS | 5 POWER POLLS DOWN IN MCCUNE KANSAS |
| Feb 27, 8:42 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Frontenac, KS | CORRECTION FOR TIME. |
| Feb 27, 8:44 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Pittsburg, KS | |
| Feb 27, 8:49 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Pittsburg, KS | |
| Feb 27, 8:52 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Pittsburg, KS | LARGE TREES UPROOTED IN PITTSBURG KANSAS...ALSO REPORT OF PEA SIZED HAIL. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 7:24 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 626 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1011 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 472 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
482 WFUS53 KSGF 280205 TORSGF KSC021-037-280245- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0001.110228T0205Z-110228T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 805 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 845 PM CST. * AT 804 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF SHERMAN...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OSWEGO...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ARMA...BEULAH...CARONA...CHEROKEE... CHICOPEE...CROWEBURG...FRANKLIN...FRONTENAC...GIRARD...LAWTON... LONE OAK...MCCUNE...MULBERRY...OPOLIS...PITTSBURG...POLK...RINGO... ROSELAND...SCAMMON...SHERMAN...SKIDMORE...STIPPVILLE...WEIR...WEST MINERAL AND YALE. 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 9462 3722 9462 3720 9508 3742 9509 TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 254DEG 43KT 3727 9522 $$ SCHAUMANN
2 follow-up statements
011 WWUS53 KSGF 280217 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 817 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 KSC021-037-280245- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110228T0245Z/ CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS- 817 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR NORTHERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES... AT 816 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHERMAN...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF OSWEGO...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ARMA...BEULAH...CARONA...CHEROKEE... CHICOPEE...CROWEBURG...FRANKLIN...FRONTENAC...GIRARD...LAWTON...LONE OAK...MCCUNE...MULBERRY...PITTSBURG...POLK...RINGO...ROSELAND... SCAMMON...SHERMAN...SKIDMORE...STIPPVILLE...WEIR...WEST MINERAL AND YALE. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF AVAILABLE...MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS. && LAT...LON 3760 9462 3722 9462 3720 9508 3742 9509 TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 254DEG 43KT 3730 9507 $$ SCHAUMANN
382 WWUS53 KSGF 280230 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 830 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 KSC021-037-280245- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110228T0245Z/ CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS- 830 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR NORTHERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES... AT 829 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST MINERAL...OR 4 MILES NORTH OF CARONA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ARMA...BEULAH...CARONA...CHEROKEE... CHICOPEE...CROWEBURG...FRANKLIN...FRONTENAC...GIRARD...LONE OAK... MCCUNE...MULBERRY...PITTSBURG...POLK...RINGO...ROSELAND...SCAMMON... WEIR...WEST MINERAL AND YALE. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF AVAILABLE...MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. && LAT...LON 3728 9462 3726 9503 3744 9504 3760 9462 TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 254DEG 43KT 3734 9487 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 8:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 51 min |
| Feb 27, 9:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 42 min |
| Feb 27, 9:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 47 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.