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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO

February 28, 2012Barton County, Jasper County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2012, 10:21 PM CST for Barton County, Jasper County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. 22 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 28, 2012, 10:21 PM CST (04:21 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2012, 11:15 PM CST
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 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 28, 10:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Sherman, KS	EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS TWO BARNS DESTROYED AND ONE WITH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.
Feb 28, 10:33 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 60	1 Sw Mccune, KS
Feb 28, 10:36 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ese Mccune, KS	TWO OUT BUILDINGS DESTROYED WITH ONE HAVING ITS FOUNDATION ANCHORS PULLED OUT.
Feb 28, 10:36 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ese Mccune, KS	EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS SIX LARGE WOOD HIGH VOLTAGE POWER POLLS DOWN AND DAMAGE TO A BARN.
Feb 28, 10:36 PM CST	HAIL 1.25	1 Sw Mccune, KS
Feb 28, 10:37 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 70	2 W West Mineral, KS
Feb 28, 10:37 PM CST	HAIL 0.88	2 W West Mineral, KS
Feb 28, 10:42 PM CST	HAIL 1	1 S Pittsburg, KS
Feb 28, 10:44 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Chicopee, KS	EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS DAMAGE TO ROOFS, BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
Feb 28, 10:48 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 65	1 N Frontenac, KS
Feb 28, 10:48 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 70	1 W Pittsburg, KS
Feb 28, 10:52 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Mccune, KS	SIX INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF THIRD AND WALNUT, NORTHWEST SIDE.
Feb 28, 10:52 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 70	Mccune, KS
Feb 28, 10:52 PM CST	NON-TSTM WND GST 70	Mccune, KS
Feb 28, 10:52 PM CST	TORNADO	4 Wnw Nashville, MO	AN EF-1 RATED TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 85 TO 80 MPH TRACKED 16 MILES FROM 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MINDENMINES TO 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF LAMAR CROSSING HWY 71. THE TORNADO DAMAGED SEVERAL BARNS ALONG WITH UPROOTING TREES AND DAMAGING A ROOF OF A FARM
Feb 28, 10:55 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Pittsburg, KS	STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND LOTS OF TREES DOWN NEAR 200TH AND 510TH STREET SOUTHWEST OF PITTSBURG...POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE
Feb 28, 10:55 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ese Pittsburg, KS	THREE TALL WOODEN POWER POLES SNAPPED AT THE BASE ON S 260TH ST ONE MILE NORTH OF E 530TH AVE. HEAVY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOUSE AT SAME LOCATION.
Feb 28, 10:58 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Pittsburg, KS	SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED.
Feb 28, 11:09 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	3 Sw Lamar, MO
Feb 28, 11:14 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Lamar, MO	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN LAMAR...POSSIBLE DAMAGE WITH POSSIBLE TORNADO
Feb 28, 11:15 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Lamar, MO	POSSIBLE DEBRIS PATH WITH STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO HOMES NEAR HWY 71 JUST NORTH OF LAMAR
Feb 28, 11:21 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 70	Neutral, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 99 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: 75 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 482 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 563 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

392 
WUUS53 KSGF 290421
SVRSGF
KSC021-037-MOC011-097-290515-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0007.120229T0421Z-120229T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1021 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  WESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CST.

* AT 1018 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF SHERMAN...OR 15
  MILES NORTHWEST OF OSWEGO...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. THIS STORM IS
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
  PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...ARMA...BAXTER
  SPRINGS...CARL JUNCTION...CARONA...CHEROKEE...COLUMBUS...
  FRONTENAC...GALENA...GIRARD...IRON GATES...JASPER...JOPLIN...
  LAMAR...MCCUNE...MINDENMINES...ORONOGO...PITTSBURG...PURCELL...
  SCAMMON...TREECE...WEBB CITY...WEIR AND WEST MINERAL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS...IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3751 9509 3756 9459 3753 9413 3705 9452
      3706 9461 3700 9462 3699 9493 3700 9507
      3700 9508 3738 9508 3739 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 254DEG 51KT 3731 9526
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.75IN

$$

HATCH

3 follow-up statements

589 
WWUS53 KSGF 290430
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1030 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

KSC021-037-MOC011-097-290515-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120229T0515Z/
CHEROKEE KS-CRAWFORD KS-BARTON MO-JASPER MO-
1030 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CST
FOR WESTERN JASPER...SOUTHERN BARTON...SOUTHERN CRAWFORD AND CHEROKEE
COUNTIES...

AT 1027 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF MCCUNE...OR 11 MILES
NORTH OF OSWEGO...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...ARMA...BAXTER
SPRINGS...CARL JUNCTION...CARONA...CHEROKEE...COLUMBUS...FRONTENAC...
GALENA...GIRARD...IRON GATES...JASPER...JOPLIN...LAMAR...MCCUNE...
MINDENMINES...ORONOGO...PITTSBURG...PURCELL...SCAMMON...TREECE...WEBB
CITY...WEIR AND WEST MINERAL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING VERY LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. HAIL WITH THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SHATTER
WINDOWS AND CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY TO THOSE OUTDOORS. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

&&

LAT...LON 3751 9509 3756 9459 3753 9413 3705 9452
      3706 9461 3700 9462 3699 9493 3700 9507
      3700 9508 3738 9508 3739 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 255DEG 60KT 3735 9504
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 2.75IN

$$

HATCH

047 
WWUS53 KSGF 290439
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1039 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

KSC021-037-MOC011-097-290515-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120229T0515Z/
CHEROKEE KS-CRAWFORD KS-BARTON MO-JASPER MO-
1039 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CST
FOR WESTERN JASPER...SOUTHERN BARTON...SOUTHERN CRAWFORD AND CHEROKEE
COUNTIES...

AT 1035 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF MCCUNE...OR 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CARONA...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...ARMA...BAXTER
SPRINGS...CARL JUNCTION...CARONA...CHEROKEE...COLUMBUS...FRONTENAC...
GALENA...GIRARD...IRON GATES...JASPER...JOPLIN...LAMAR...MCCUNE...
MINDENMINES...ORONOGO...PITTSBURG...PURCELL...SCAMMON...TREECE...WEBB
CITY...WEIR AND WEST MINERAL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TORNADO LIKE WIND SPEEDS
ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
ARE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE
OVERTURNED. MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A STURDY BUILDING AND SEEK SHELTER IN
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

&&

LAT...LON 3737 9506 3751 9499 3756 9459 3753 9413
      3705 9452 3706 9461 3700 9462 3700 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0440Z 255DEG 60KT 3738 9485
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 2.75IN

$$

HATCH

880 
WWUS53 KSGF 290452
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1052 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

KSC021-037-MOC011-097-290515-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120229T0515Z/
CHEROKEE KS-CRAWFORD KS-BARTON MO-JASPER MO-
1052 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CST
FOR WESTERN JASPER...SOUTHERN BARTON...SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD AND
CHEROKEE COUNTIES...

...A TORNADO WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM FOR 
CRAWFORD AND BARTON COUNTIES...

AT 1048 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR PITTSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF
BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM HAS
A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...ARMA...BAXTER
SPRINGS...CARL JUNCTION...CARONA...CHEROKEE...COLUMBUS...FRONTENAC...
GALENA...IRON GATES...JASPER...JOPLIN...LAMAR...MINDENMINES...
ORONOGO...PITTSBURG...PURCELL...SCAMMON...TREECE...WEBB CITY...WEIR
AND WEST MINERAL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TORNADO LIKE WIND SPEEDS
ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
ARE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE
OVERTURNED. MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A STURDY BUILDING AND SEEK SHELTER IN
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

&&

LAT...LON 3723 9506 3735 9484 3754 9477 3756 9459
      3753 9413 3705 9452 3706 9461 3700 9462
      3700 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 255DEG 60KT 3742 9462
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.75IN

$$

HATCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 10:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton	27 min
Feb 28, 10:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Vernon	31 min
Feb 28, 11:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade	38 min
Feb 28, 11:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon	27 min
Feb 28, 11:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene, Polk	31 min
Feb 28, 11:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	42 min
Feb 28, 11:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Cedar, Dallas, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	46 min
Feb 28, 11:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede, Polk, Webster	51 min
Feb 28, 11:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	32 min
Feb 29, 12:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	25 min
Feb 29, 12:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald	56 min
Feb 29, 12:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	24 min
Feb 29, 12:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski	44 min
Feb 29, 12:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Camden, Maries, Miller	27 min
Feb 29, 12:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone	40 min
Feb 29, 12:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster, Wright	47 min
Feb 29, 12:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede, Texas, Wright	67 min
Feb 29, 12:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	47 min
Feb 29, 1:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas	58 min
Feb 29, 1:06 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps	39 min
Feb 29, 1:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas, Wright	65 min
Feb 29, 1:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon, Texas	57 min
Feb 29, 1:36 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Ozark	54 min
Feb 29, 1:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	32 min
Feb 29, 1:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas	39 min
Feb 29, 2:06 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell	39 min
Feb 29, 2:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	43 min
Feb 29, 2:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Ozark	64 min
Feb 29, 3:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	17 min
Feb 29, 3:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	28 min
Feb 29, 4:33 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Newton, Vernon	13 hr
Feb 29, 3:43 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	SGF	Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton, Vernon	12 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2012 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2012 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.