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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO

February 28, 2017Bourbon County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2017, 10:22 PM CST for Bourbon County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 min. 6 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: Feb 28, 2017, 10:22 PM CST (04:22 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2017, 10:45 PM CST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Crawford County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:25 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
Feb 28, 10:31 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Walnut, KS	TREES BLOWN DOWN AND BLOCKING ROADS...POLES BLOWN DOWN. A GARAGE DOWN WAS BLOWN IN AND DAMAGE.
Feb 28, 10:37 PM CST	TORNADO	1 Se Hepler, KS	A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY REVEALED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF HEPLER KANSAS. ONE OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER FARM EQUIPMENT ITEMS DAMAGED.
Feb 28, 10:41 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nnw Farlington, KS	DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF A BARN. .
Feb 28, 10:43 PM CST	TORNADO	1 Nne Farlington, KS	A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY INDICATED THAT AN EF-0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN JUST NNE OF FARLINGTON ON THE WEST SIDE OF FARLINGTON LAKE ON WEST LAKE ROAD. TWO CARPORTS WERE DESTROYED AND THERE WAS DAMAGE TO TWO HOMES. A TREE WAS ALSO DOWNED.
Feb 28, 10:50 PM CST	HAIL 1.25	Fort Scott, KS	.
Feb 28, 10:54 PM CST	HAIL 1	Fort Scott, KS	1.00INCH HAIL IN FORT SCOTT KANSAS.

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
Feb 28, 9:04 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 1117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 341 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.3
Supercell composite: 8.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

433 
WFUS53 KSGF 010422
TORSGF
KSC011-037-010445-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0002.170301T0422Z-170301T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1022 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2017

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southern Bourbon County in southeastern Kansas...
  Northern Crawford County in southeastern Kansas...

* Until 1045 PM CST
    
* At 1022 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located 3 miles north of Erie, moving east at 70 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...
  Fort Scott...                     Marmaton...
  Arcadia...                        Walnut...
  Hepler...                         Hiattville...
  Petersburg...                     Farlington...
  Garland...                        Porterville...
  Pawnee Station...                 Englevale...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3780 9508 3787 9462 3760 9462 3755 9509
      3775 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 256DEG 60KT 3765 9518 

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

$$

Cramer

1 follow-up statement

061 
WWUS53 KSGF 010433
SVSSGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1033 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2017

KSC011-037-010445-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170301T0445Z/
Bourbon KS-Crawford KS-
1033 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
BOURBON AND NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES...
    
At 1032 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 
was located 4 miles northwest of Hepler, or 13 miles northeast of 
Erie, moving east at 65 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...
Fort Scott...                     Marmaton...
Arcadia...                        Hepler...
Hiattville...                     Petersburg...
Farlington...                     Garland...
Porterville...                    Pawnee Station...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3780 9508 3787 9462 3760 9462 3763 9509
      3775 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 251DEG 46KT 3770 9505 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

Cramer

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 10:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	21 days
Feb 28, 10:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Bourbon	47 min
Feb 28, 11:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	43 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.