Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2013, 7:49 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 min. 3 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
- May 31, 2013, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2013, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Cherokee County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Melrose, KS | TREE LIMBS OF 12 INCHES SNAPPED |
| May 31, 8:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 W Melrose, KS | |
| May 31, 8:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 0 | 3 W Treece, KS | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 70 MPH WINDS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2316 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1144 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 16.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
809
WFUS53 KSGF 010049
TORSGF
KSC021-010115-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0029.130601T0049Z-130601T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
749 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 747 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF TREECE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD. SPOTTERS REPORTED
A FUNNEL CLOUD TO THE WEST OF CHETOPA.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BAXTER SPRINGS...CRESTLINE...FAULKNER...LOWELL...MELROSE...
NEUTRAL...RIVERTON AND TREECE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3717 9469 3699 9469 3699 9500 3700 9507
3700 9508 3713 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 267DEG 22KT 3702 9506
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
BOXELL2 follow-up statements
131
WWUS53 KSGF 010109
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
809 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
KSC021-010115-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-130601T0115Z/
CHEROKEE KS-
809 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY
UNTIL 815 PM CDT...
AT 806 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR TREECE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD. 12 INCH TREE LIMBS
WERE REPORTED SNAPPED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BAXTER SPRINGS...FAULKNER...LOWELL...MELROSE...NEUTRAL...RIVERTON AND
TREECE.
SPOTTERS ALSO REPORT A WALL CLOUD WEST OF BAXTER SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3717 9469 3699 9469 3699 9500 3700 9507
3700 9508 3713 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 267DEG 22KT 3703 9490
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
BOXELL674
WWUS53 KSGF 010111
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
811 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
KSC021-010115-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-130601T0115Z/
CHEROKEE KS-
811 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY
UNTIL 815 PM CDT...
AT 806 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TREECE...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. FIRE FIGHTERS
REPORTED A TORNADO THREE MILES TO THE WEST OF TREECE!
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BAXTER SPRINGS...FAULKNER...LOWELL...MELROSE...NEUTRAL...RIVERTON AND
TREECE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3717 9469 3699 9469 3699 9500 3700 9507
3700 9508 3713 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 267DEG 22KT 3703 9488
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
BOXELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 52 min |
| May 31, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 47 min |
| May 31, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 44 min |
| May 31, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 24 min |
| May 31, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 25 min |
| May 31, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 30 min |
| May 31, 9:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 46 hr |
| May 31, 9:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 6 hr |
| May 31, 11:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 12 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 8 hr |
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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.