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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2015, 2:05 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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 3, 2015, 2:05 AM CDT (07:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2015, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Cherokee County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 3, 2:45 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 N Riverton, KS | HAIL SIZE RANGED FROM NICKLES TO QUARTERS. |
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 2, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1838 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
506
WFUS53 KSGF 030705
TORSGF
KSC021-030745-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0018.150403T0705Z-150403T0745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
205 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 245 AM CDT
* AT 205 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EDNA...AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
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...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...CRESTLINE...FAULKNER...GALENA...
HALLOWELL...LAWTON...LOWELL...MELROSE...NEUTRAL...RIVERTON...
SHERWIN...SKIDMORE...STIPPVILLE 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 3724 9508 3724 9475 3723 9470 3723 9465
3723 9462 3702 9461 3700 9462 3699 9501
3700 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 276DEG 62KT 3708 9528
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
CRAMER2 follow-up statements
159
WWUS53 KSGF 030739
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
239 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
KSC021-030745-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150403T0745Z/
CHEROKEE KS-
239 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 245
AM CDT...
AT 237 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR TREECE...AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...GALENA AND TREECE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3720 9490 3724 9485 3724 9475 3723 9470
3723 9462 3703 9461 3700 9462 3699 9480
3699 9487 3704 9491 3712 9493
TIME...MOT...LOC 0739Z 273DEG 62KT 3701 9477
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
CRAMER183
WWUS53 KSGF 030751
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
251 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
KSC021-030802-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150403T0745Z/
CHEROKEE KS-
251 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3720 9490 3724 9485 3724 9475 3723 9470
3723 9462 3703 9461 3700 9462 3699 9480
3699 9487 3704 9491 3712 9493
TIME...MOT...LOC 0739Z 273DEG 62KT 3701 9477
$$
CRAMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 55 min |
| Apr 2, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 59 min |
| Apr 2, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 14 min |
| Apr 2, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 11:13 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 22 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.