Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:04 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 N Crestline, KS | |
| Mar 30, 7:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Crestline, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 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.
- 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
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
$$
DSA1 follow-up statement
815
WWUS53 KSGF 310001
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
701 PM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013
KSC021-310030-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130331T0030Z/
CHEROKEE KS-
701 PM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 655 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF WEIR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH
THIS STORM NEAR THE TOWN OF CHEROKEE AT 639 PM.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARONA...CRESTLINE...GALENA...LAWTON...ROSELAND...SCAMMON...
SKIDMORE...STIPPVILLE AND WEIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3730 9491 3734 9479 3734 9462 3707 9463
3718 9481
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 323DEG 28KT 3720 9467
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH
$$
DSAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Bourbon | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 45 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.