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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Springfield, MO

April 27, 2014Bourbon County, Kansas; Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2014, 5:37 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas; Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 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: Apr 27, 2014, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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
Apr 27, 5:40 PM CDT	TORNADO	Hammond, KS	A TORNADO PRODUCED AN INTERMITTENT DAMAGE PATH TO THE NORTHEAST OF HAMMOND AFTER DAMAGING A GRAIN ELEVATOR AND OVERTURNING A RAIL CAR.
Apr 27, 5:42 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 N Hammond, KS	A STORM SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE NWS OFFICE IN PLEASANT HILL FOUND EF1 TORNADO DAMAGE NORTH OF HAMMOND IN BOURBON COUNTY. THIS TORNADO QUICKLY MOVED NORTH INTO LINN COUNTY.
Apr 27, 5:49 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Ese Prescott, KS	TORNADO SEEN FROM VIDEO SHOT BY BROADCAST MEDIA.

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
Apr 27, 11:23 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 1488 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 4.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

336 
WFUS53 KSGF 272237
TORSGF
KSC011-MOC217-272315-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0015.140427T2237Z-140427T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
537 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 535 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FULTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAMMOND AND STOTESBURY.

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 3805 9472 3805 9464 3804 9463 3806 9462
      3806 9447 3805 9447 3788 9463 3795 9479
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 206DEG 46KT 3798 9469

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

WISE

2 follow-up statements

731 
WWUS53 KSGF 272240
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
540 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

KSC011-MOC217-272315-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140427T2315Z/
BOURBON KS-VERNON MO-
540 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN VERNON AND
NORTHEASTERN BOURBON COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 535 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FULTON...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
         LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FULTON...HAMMOND AND STOTESBURY.

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 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3805 9472 3805 9464 3804 9463 3806 9462
      3806 9447 3805 9447 3788 9463 3795 9479
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 206DEG 46KT 3800 9467

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

WISE

182 
WWUS53 KSGF 272254
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
554 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

KSC011-MOC217-272304-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140427T2315Z/
BOURBON KS-VERNON MO-
554 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN VERNON AND NORTHEASTERN
BOURBON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3805 9472 3805 9464 3804 9463 3806 9462
      3806 9447 3805 9447 3788 9463 3795 9479
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 206DEG 46KT 3816 9457

$$

WISE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	52 min
Apr 27, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	40 min
Apr 27, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	49 min
Apr 27, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	25 min
Apr 27, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Cherokee	37 min
Apr 27, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Cherokee	26 min
Apr 27, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	51 min
Apr 27, 12:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Lawrence	28 min
Apr 27, 12:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	52 min
Apr 27, 12:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Taney	51 min
Apr 27, 12:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Cedar, Dade	27 min
Apr 27, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dallas, Polk	25 min
Apr 27, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Douglas	31 min
Apr 27, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	47 min
Apr 27, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	31 min
Apr 27, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barton	30 min
Apr 27, 3:23 PM CDT	Flood Watch	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Shannon	11 hr
Apr 27, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	52 min
Apr 27, 4:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	St. Clair	6 hr
Apr 27, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Ozark	34 min
Apr 27, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Texas	28 min
Apr 27, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon, Texas	38 min
Apr 27, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Shannon, Texas	36 min
Apr 27, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon, Texas	26 min
Apr 27, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	41 min
Apr 27, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	36 min
Apr 27, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Newton	25 min
Apr 27, 6:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	23 min
Apr 27, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Jasper	28 min
Apr 27, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton	31 min
Apr 27, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Jasper, Lawrence, Newton	45 min
Apr 27, 6:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Vernon	26 min
Apr 27, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade	46 min

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.