Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 2016, 6:13 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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
- Oct 6, 2016, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Bourbon County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 6:18 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 N Bronson, KS | FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED VIA FIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF BRONSON OFF OF HIGHWAY S3 |
| Oct 6, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 N Bronson, KS | HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS JUST NORTH OF BRONSON |
| Oct 6, 6:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Mapleton, KS | DIME SIZE HAIL IN MAPLETON |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1009 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted.
669
WFUS53 KSGF 062313
TORSGF
KSC011-062345-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0009.161006T2313Z-161006T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
613 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 612 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER MORAN...OR 7 MILES EAST OF LA
HARPE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
BRONSON... FULTON...
MAPLETON... XENIA...
HARDING...
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 3804 9508 3804 9474 3798 9471 3787 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 243DEG 29KT 3795 9517
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
LINDENBERG3 follow-up statements
963
WWUS53 KSGF 062327
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
627 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016
KSC011-062345-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161006T2345Z/
BOURBON KS-
627 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BOURBON COUNTY...
AT 627 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUE MOUND...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUND CITY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRONSON... FULTON...
MAPLETON... XENIA...
HARDING...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3804 9508 3804 9474 3798 9471 3787 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 243DEG 29KT 3801 9503
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
LINDENBERG517
WWUS53 KSGF 062337
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
637 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016
KSC011-062345-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161006T2345Z/
BOURBON KS-
637 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BOURBON COUNTY...
AT 636 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR XENIA...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUND CITY...
MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
BRONSON... FULTON...
MAPLETON... XENIA...
HARDING...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3804 9508 3804 9474 3798 9471 3787 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 249DEG 20KT 3801 9499
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
LINDENBERG900
WWUS53 KSGF 062347
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
647 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016
KSC011-062355-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161006T2345Z/
BOURBON KS-
647 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BOURBON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY.
WE HAVE REPLACED THE TORNADO WARNING WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHERN BOURBON COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3804 9508 3804 9474 3798 9471 3787 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 243DEG 29KT 3794 9495
$$
LINDENBERGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 8:34 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | SGF | Bourbon | 3 days |
| Oct 6, 8:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 59 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 21 hr |
| Oct 6, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 47 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.