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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Springfield, MO

April 15, 2012Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2012, 6:41 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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
Apr 15, 2012, 6:41 AM CDT (11:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2012, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 15, 7:00 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 6011 W Columbus, KSWINDS ESTIMATED AT 50 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR.
Apr 15, 7:14 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGWeir, KS8 INCH TREE SNAPPED...ROOF OFF OF BUILDING

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 15, 6:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2012-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 532 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2012-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 294 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
532 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
443 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

310 
WUUS53 KSGF 151141
SVRSGF
KSC011-021-037-151230-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0067.120415T1141Z-120415T1230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
641 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 640 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM WALNUT TO 22 MILES WEST OF TREECE...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
           DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GIRARD...CARONA...COLUMBUS...CHEROKEE...BAXTER SPRINGS...
  ENGLEVALE...WEIR...ARMA...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...FRONTENAC...
  GALENA...WALNUT...MCCUNE...HEPLER...UNIONTOWN...WEST MINERAL...
  TREECE...REDFIELD AND SCAMMON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3784 9509 3792 9462 3702 9461 3699 9497
      3700 9508 3738 9508 3739 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1141Z 247DEG 38KT 3759 9512 3708 9521

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

LINDENBERG
2 follow-up statements
059 
WWUS53 KSGF 151205
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
705 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

KSC011-021-037-151230-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-120415T1230Z/
BOURBON KS-CHEROKEE KS-CRAWFORD KS-
705 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CRAWFORD...
CHEROKEE AND SOUTHEASTERN BOURBON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 AM CDT...

AT 703 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM FORT SCOTT TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF TREECE...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
         DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.

IN ADDITION...50 TO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS WERE REPORTED WITH THESE 
STORMS 11 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS KANSAS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GIRARD...CARONA...FORT SCOTT...CHEROKEE...COLUMBUS...ENGLEVALE...
WEIR...ARMA...BAXTER SPRINGS...PITTSBURG...FRONTENAC...GALENA...
TREECE...SCAMMON...ARCADIA...MULBERRY...PAWNEE STATION...BEULAH...
ROSELAND AND RINGO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3786 9493 3792 9462 3702 9461 3699 9497
      3700 9508 3739 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1204Z 247DEG 38KT 3786 9476 3708 9497

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

LINDENBERG
384 
WWUS53 KSGF 151228
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
728 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

KSC011-021-037-151236-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-120415T1230Z/
BOURBON KS-CHEROKEE KS-CRAWFORD KS-
728 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CRAWFORD AND CHEROKEE HAS 
BEEN REISSUED FOR THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTIES.

THE WARNING FOR BOURBON COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM.

LAT...LON 3786 9493 3792 9462 3702 9461 3699 9497
      3700 9508 3739 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1226Z 247DEG 38KT 3795 9449 3717 9470

$$

LINDENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 4:13 AM CDTWind AdvisorySGFBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford14 hr
Apr 15, 5:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBourbon60 min
Apr 15, 7:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford39 min
Apr 15, 8:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee6 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.