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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Springfield, MO

June 11, 2021Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2021, 8:03 PM 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: Jun 11, 2021, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2021, 8:43 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Cherokee County, KS

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jun 11, 8:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Columbus, KS	SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS DESTROYED SEVERAL LARGE TREES IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS. THERE WAS ALSO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NEAR CRESTLINE AND RURAL AREAS EAST OF CRESTLINE.

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
Jun 11, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 93 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: 2670 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1310 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -1.0
Supercell composite: -10.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

933 
WUUS53 KSGF 120103
SVRSGF
KSC021-120200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0083.210612T0103Z-210612T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
803 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 803 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Oswego to 6 miles northwest of Carl Junction,
  moving south at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Baxter Springs...                 Columbus...
  Galena...                         Lowell...
  Sherman...                        Scammon...
  West Mineral...                   Treece...
  Roseland...                       Picher...
  Neutral...                        Melrose...
  Riverton...                       Lawton...
  Carona...                         Skidmore...
  Hallowell...                      Sherwin...
  Faulkner...                       Stippville...

This includes Interstate 44 near mile marker 0.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3730 9507 3727 9462 3724 9461 3723 9462
      3700 9462 3699 9469 3700 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 005DEG 7KT 3724 9505 3721 9464 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Cramer

1 follow-up statement

148 
WWUS53 KSGF 120143
SVSSGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
843 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

KSC021-120153-
/O.CAN.KSGF.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-210612T0200Z/
Cherokee KS-
843 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
southeastern Kansas...and southwestern Missouri.

LAT...LON 3730 9507 3727 9462 3724 9461 3723 9462
      3700 9462 3699 9469 3700 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 005DEG 7KT 3716 9506 3713 9465 

$$

Titus

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 8:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Crawford	4 hr

Nearby

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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.