Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 2011, 9:33 PM CST for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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, 9:33 PM CST (03:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2011, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cherokee County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 9:47 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Faulkner, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 7:24 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.
351
WFUS53 KSGF 280333
TORSGF
KSC021-280415-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0005.110228T0333Z-110228T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
933 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CST.
* AT 930 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF FAULKNER...OR 8 MILES WEST OF CHETOPA...
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...CRESTLINE...
FAULKNER...GALENA...HALLOWELL...LAWTON...LOWELL...MELROSE...
NEUTRAL...RIVERTON...SHERWIN AND TREECE.
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 3720 9508 3724 9462 3698 9462 3699 9507
3700 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0334Z 270DEG 50KT 3705 9516
$$
SCHAUMANN3 follow-up statements
592
WWUS53 KSGF 280346
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
946 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
KSC021-280415-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110228T0415Z/
CHEROKEE KS-
946 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR CHEROKEE
COUNTY...
AT 945 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR MELROSE...OR 7 MILES EAST OF CHETOPA...MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...CRESTLINE...
FAULKNER...GALENA...HALLOWELL...LAWTON...LOWELL...MELROSE...
NEUTRAL...RIVERTON...SHERWIN AND TREECE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF AVAILABLE...MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE
WALLS.
&&
LAT...LON 3720 9508 3724 9462 3698 9462 3699 9507
3700 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 270DEG 50KT 3704 9495
$$
SCHAUMANN676 WWUS53 KSGF 280401 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1001 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 KSC021-280415- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110228T0415Z/ CHEROKEE KS- 1001 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY... AT 955 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR NEUTRAL...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS... MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...CRESTLINE... GALENA...LAWTON...LOWELL...NEUTRAL...RIVERTON AND TREECE. 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 3698 9462 3699 9494 3721 9492 3724 9462 TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 267DEG 42KT 3708 9474 $$ SCHAUMANN
173 WWUS53 KSGF 280411 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1011 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 KSC021-280421- /O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110228T0415Z/ CHEROKEE KS- 1011 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3698 9462 3699 9494 3721 9492 3724 9462 TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 267DEG 42KT 3708 9459 $$ SCHAUMANN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 8:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 40 min |
| Feb 27, 8:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 51 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.