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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Springfield, MO

May 22, 2011Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2011, 4:51 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 min. 3 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: May 22, 2011, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2011, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cherokee County, KS

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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
May 22, 5:00 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 Ne Columbus, KS	PUBLIC REPORTS SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR COLUMBUS
May 22, 5:03 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	3 Ene Columbus, KS
May 22, 5:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	2 E Columbus, KS	STORM SPOTTERS REPORT GOLF BALL SIZE 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
May 22, 1:27 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 2645 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 424 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 422 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 16.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

027 
WFUS53 KSGF 222151
TORSGF
KSC021-222215-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0029.110522T2151Z-110522T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
451 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.

* AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR ROSELAND...OR NEAR CARONA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE CARONA...CRESTLINE...LAWTON...
  ROSELAND...SCAMMON...SKIDMORE...STIPPVILLE...WEIR AND WEST MINERAL.

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 3734 9492 3734 9480 3733 9462 3711 9462
      3721 9498 3722 9498
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 281DEG 31KT 3728 9485
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

WISE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Bourbon	42 min
May 22, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	21 min
May 22, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	57 min
May 22, 4:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	50 min
May 22, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	65 min
May 22, 4:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	6 hr
May 22, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cherokee	43 min
May 22, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	59 min
May 22, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	24 min

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.