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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

March 30, 2013Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2013, 6:44 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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
Mar 30, 2013, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2013, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Cherokee County, KS

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 30, 7:04 PM CDTHAIL 13 N Crestline, KS
Mar 30, 7:15 PM CDTHAIL 1.25Crestline, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 30, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 12:00Z on 2013-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2013-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

287 
WUUS53 KSGF 302344
SVRSGF
KSC021-310030-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0021.130330T2344Z-130331T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
644 PM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 637 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEIR...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED WIT  
  THIS STORM JUST EAST OF THE TOWN OF CHEROKEE WIT THIS STORM AT 639 
  PM. 

  IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3730 9491 3734 9479 3734 9462 3707 9463
      3718 9481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 322DEG 31KT 3730 9477

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH

$$

DSA
1 follow-up statement
815 
WWUS53 KSGF 310001
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
701 PM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013

KSC021-310030-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130331T0030Z/
CHEROKEE KS-
701 PM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 655 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF WEIR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH 
THIS STORM NEAR THE TOWN OF CHEROKEE AT 639 PM. 

IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARONA...CRESTLINE...GALENA...LAWTON...ROSELAND...SCAMMON...
SKIDMORE...STIPPVILLE AND WEIR.

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 1000 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3730 9491 3734 9479 3734 9462 3707 9463
      3718 9481
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 323DEG 28KT 3720 9467

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH

$$

DSA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBourbon24 min
Mar 30, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon42 min
Mar 30, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon, Crawford49 min
Mar 30, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCrawford38 min
Mar 30, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCrawford45 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.