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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1314 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1358 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
823
WUUS53 KSGF 312345
SVRSGF
KSC021-037-010015-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0117.210731T2345Z-210801T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
645 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas...
Southern Crawford County in southeastern Kansas...
* Until 715 PM CDT.
* At 645 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mccune, or 10
miles southwest of Girard, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Pittsburg... Cherokee...
Weir... Scammon...
Chicopee... Mccune...
Roseland... Beulah...
Opolis... Lawton...
Carona... Lone Oak...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3751 9508 3741 9462 3721 9462 3733 9508
3738 9507 3739 9509 3750 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 286DEG 21KT 3739 9496
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Schaumann2 follow-up statements
664
WWUS53 KSGF 312357
SVSSGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
657 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
KSC021-037-010015-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0117.000000T0000Z-210801T0015Z/
Cherokee KS-Crawford KS-
657 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES...
At 656 PM CDT, a cluster of severe thunderstorms was located from
near McCune to Weir, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Pittsburg... Cherokee...
Weir... Scammon...
Chicopee... Mccune...
Roseland... Beulah...
Opolis... Lawton...
Carona... Lone Oak...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3751 9508 3741 9462 3721 9462 3733 9508
3738 9507 3739 9509 3750 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 286DEG 21KT 3737 9488
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Schaumann083
WWUS53 KSGF 010014
SVSSGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
714 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
KSC021-037-010023-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0117.000000T0000Z-210801T0015Z/
Cherokee KS-Crawford KS-
714 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND
SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3751 9508 3741 9462 3721 9462 3733 9508
3738 9507 3739 9509 3750 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 286DEG 21KT 3734 9476
$$
DSAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Crawford | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.