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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2016, 9:04 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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
- Mar 30, 2016, 9:04 PM CDT (02:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Cherokee County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 9:31 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 N Riverton, 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, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
683
WFUS53 KSGF 310204
TORSGF
KSC021-310230-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0005.160331T0204Z-160331T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
904 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 904 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TREECE...OR 7 MILES EAST OF
CHETOPA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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... LOWELL...
TREECE... LAWTON...
FAULKNER... NEUTRAL...
CRESTLINE... RIVERTON...
MELROSE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3728 9462 3701 9462 3700 9480 3700 9500
3710 9503
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 251DEG 30KT 3705 9495
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
WISE1 follow-up statement
858
WWUS53 KSGF 310225
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
925 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
KSC021-310234-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160331T0230Z/
CHEROKEE KS-
925 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
930 PM CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3728 9462 3701 9462 3700 9480 3700 9500
3710 9503
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 251DEG 30KT 3705 9495
$$
WISEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 46 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.