Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 2012, 8:08 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Crawford County, Kansas; Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 67 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
- Sep 25, 2012, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 8:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fort Scott, KS | SEVERAL POWER LINES AND TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE CITY. ONE UTILITY POLE WAS KNOCKED DOWN. |
| Sep 25, 8:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fort Scott, KS | POWER POLE DOWN IN FORT SCOTT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 916 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2239 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KSGF 260108
SVRSGF
KSC011-037-MOC217-260215-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0293.120926T0108Z-120926T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
808 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
EXTREME WESTERN VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 806 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF BRONSON TO 16 MILES WEST OF
WALNUT...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 74 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUST
MEASURED IN CHANUTE KANSAS.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. TREE
BRANCHES UP TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN. POSSIBLE
MINOR DAMAGE TO SHINGLE ROOFS AND METAL OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARCADIA...ARMA...BEULAH...BRAZILTON...BRONSON...CROWEBURG...
DEVON...ENGLEVALE...FARLINGTON...FORT SCOTT...FRANKLIN...
FRONTENAC...FULTON...GARLAND...GIRARD...GREENBUSH...HAMMOND...
HARDING...HEPLER...HIATTVILLE...LONE OAK...MAPLETON...MARMATON...
MULBERRY...PAWNEE STATION...PETERSBURG...PITTSBURG...POLK...
PORTERVILLE...REDFIELD...RINGO...UNIONTOWN...WALNUT...XENIA AND
YALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3781 9510 3788 9508 3804 9509 3805 9508
3805 9464 3804 9463 3805 9461 3765 9460
3765 9462 3739 9462 3745 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 273DEG 30KT 3788 9522 3756 9535
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70 MPH
$$
KARDELL2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KSGF 260148
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
848 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
KSC011-037-MOC217-260215-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-120926T0215Z/
BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS-VERNON MO-
848 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
VERNON...CRAWFORD AND BOURBON COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 847 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM FORT SCOTT TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HEPLER...AND
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. A POWER POLE WAS REPORTED DOWN IN FORT
SCOTT.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. TREE BRANCHES
UP TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN. POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE
TO SHINGLE ROOFS AND METAL OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARMA...BEULAH...BRAZILTON...CROWEBURG...DEVON...ENGLEVALE...
FARLINGTON...FORT SCOTT...FRANKLIN...FRONTENAC...FULTON...GARLAND...
GIRARD...GREENBUSH...HAMMOND...HARDING...HEPLER...HIATTVILLE...LONE
OAK...MARMATON...MULBERRY...PAWNEE STATION...PETERSBURG...
PITTSBURG...POLK...PORTERVILLE...REDFIELD...RINGO...UNIONTOWN...
WALNUT AND YALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3777 9510 3804 9485 3805 9464 3804 9463
3805 9461 3765 9460 3765 9462 3739 9462
3745 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 274DEG 28KT 3782 9463 3759 9492
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70 MPH
$$
KARDELL088
WWUS53 KSGF 260210
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
910 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
KSC011-037-MOC217-260221-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-120926T0215Z/
BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS-VERNON MO-
910 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME WESTERN VERNON...
CRAWFORD AND BOURBON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3777 9510 3804 9485 3805 9464 3804 9463
3805 9461 3765 9460 3765 9462 3739 9462
3745 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 274DEG 28KT 3781 9440 3758 9469
$$
KARDELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 7:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 11 hr |
| Sep 25, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Bourbon | 27 min |
| Sep 25, 7:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Bourbon | 6 hr |
| Sep 25, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Maries | 32 min |
| Sep 25, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Camden, Maries, Miller | 51 min |
| Sep 25, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 42 min |
| Sep 25, 8:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Maries | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 5:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Texas | 49 min |
| Sep 26, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 31 min |
| Sep 26, 12:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Douglas | 51 min |
| Sep 26, 1:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Taney | 50 min |
| Sep 26, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Shannon | 49 min |
| Sep 26, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Oregon | 23 min |
| Sep 26, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | McDonald | 43 min |
| Sep 26, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barry, Stone | 32 min |
| Sep 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | McDonald | 29 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.