High Wind, Bourbon
- When
- November 27, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bourbon forecast zone
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.855, -94.849 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Kansas, November 27, 2005
High winds measured up to 68 mph at the Fort Scott AWOS downed trees and powerlines across Bourbon, Crawford and Cherokee counties. The high wind destroyed a hay barn in Crawford County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Cold
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
High winds measured up to 68 mph at the Fort Scott AWOS downed trees and powerlines across Bourbon, Crawford and Cherokee counties. The high wind destroyed a hay barn in Crawford County.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 27, 1:25 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 1:25 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 125 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 .DISCUSSION... VERY EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERE IS BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. 18Z KSGF SOUNDING IS SHOWING A VERY STRONG CAP...BUT THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY BEGINNING TO SURGE NORTHEAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA/KANSAS AND TEXAS WILL BREAK THIS CAP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. 0-3 KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITIES ARE ALREADY NEAR 400 M2/S2...WHICH IS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR ROTATING STORMS IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE. A VERY STRONG JET STREAK IS NOTED ON SATELLITE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA WHICH IS ENHANCING LARGE SCALE LIFT ACROSS KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. SATELLITE IMAGERY IS VERY INTERESTING IN TERMS OF VERTICAL DIFFLUENT FLOW AS INDIVIDUAL CLOUD ELEMENTS ARE RACING NORTH/NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH A STRONG EASTERLY COMPONENT ACROSS EASTERN MISSOURI. BREAKS IN THE OVERALL CLOUD SHIELD HAS ALLOWED FOR TEMPERATURES TO RISE TO NEAR 70 DEGREES...WITH 60S ELSEWHERE. MODIFIED SOUNDING AT KSGF WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 67 AND A DEW POINT OF 53 INDICATED CAPES AROUND 915 J/KG AND A CAP OF 160 J/KG. IF THE TEMPERATURE OR MOISTURE INCREASES ONLY SLIGHTLY TO 70 OVER 55...INSTABILITY WILL RISE TO 1500 J/KG WITH LITTLE CAP. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA BY MIDNIGHT...WITH BLUSTERY CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THIS STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO THE NORTH...WILL ALLOW FOR SOME SPRINKLES...CHANGING OVER TO FLURRIES ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTHERN FORECAST AREA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. .EXTENDED OUTLOOK... MADE LITTLE CHANGES BEYOND WEDNESDAY WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM POSSIBLY AFFECTING SOUTHERN MISSOURI BY NEXT WEEKEND. THICKNESS VALUES AND MOISTURE REMAIN IN QUESTION...BUT DID ADD A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW FOR NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN SEASONABLY COOL AS THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN REMAINS WEST/NORTHWESTERLY. JLT && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS...A PATCH OF SCATTERED CLOUDS HAD OPENED UP OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI LATE THIS MORNING. SUNSHINE WILL ONLY ADD TO SURFACE INSTABILITY. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM OVER EASTERN KANSAS AROUND 21Z AND MOVE THROUGH THE KJLN AND KSGF TERMINALS BETWEEN 22-02Z. LLWS WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN IN ADVANCE OF THE CONVECTIVE LINE. ONCE STORMS CLEAR THE AREA...EXPECT WINDS...STRATOCUMULUS AND STRATUS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD. GAEDE && SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...WIND ADV UNTIL 6PM SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES. .KS...NONE. WFO SGF
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 27, 3:25 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 325 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-280600- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 325 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. ISOLATED STRONG TORNADOES. AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THIS EPISODE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY END PRIOR TO 2 AM. DISCUSSION: THE INGREDIENTS CONTINUE TO COME TOGETHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING FOR A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY FORM INTO LINE SEGMENTS AND MINIATURE SUPERCELLS ALONG AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGH THE EVENING. VERY STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL SUPPORT A THREAT OF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY REMAINS LIMITED...AND THE OZARKS REMAIN CAPPED DUE TO A STRONG INVERSION THIS AFTERNOON...THE STRENGTH OF THE APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL BREAK THIS CAP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL OCCUR BEHIND SUNDAYS STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI WHERE A TORNADO WATCH IS POSTED. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING AT 55 TO 65 MPH ONCE THEY DEVELOP...THEREFORE SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO BE IN PLACE AND ACTIVATED AS SOON AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE COUNTY UPSTREAM. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) JLT / CRAMER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 12:40 PM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1240 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-280200- BOURBON-CHEROKEE-CRAWFORD-BARTON-JASPER-MCDONALD-NEWTON-VERNON- 1240 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 875 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS BOURBON... CHEROKEE... CRAWFORD... IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BARTON... JASPER... MCDONALD... NEWTON... VERNON... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...BAXTER SPRINGS... CARTHAGE...COLUMBUS...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...LAMAR...NEOSHO... NEVADA...PINEVILLE AND PITTSBURG. JLT
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 3:07 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 307 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 MOZ055>058-067>071-078>083-089>092-094>098-102>106-280515- BARRY-BENTON-CAMDEN-CEDAR-CHRISTIAN-DADE-DALLAS-DENT-DOUGLAS- GREENE-HICKORY-HOWELL-LACLEDE-LAWRENCE-MARIES-MILLER-MORGAN- OREGON-OZARK-PHELPS-POLK-PULASKI-ST. CLAIR-SHANNON-STONE-TANEY- TEXAS-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- 307 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 877 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 29 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI BENTON... CAMDEN... HICKORY... MARIES... MILLER... MORGAN... PHELPS... PULASKI... ST. CLAIR... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI DENT... HOWELL... OREGON... SHANNON... TEXAS... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BARRY... CEDAR... CHRISTIAN... DADE... DALLAS... DOUGLAS... GREENE... LACLEDE... LAWRENCE... OZARK... POLK... STONE... TANEY... WEBSTER... WRIGHT... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALTON...APPLETON CITY...AURORA... AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...BUFFALO...CABOOL...CAMDENTON... CASSVILLE...COLE CAMP...EL DORADO SPRINGS...ELDON...EMINENCE... FORSYTH...FORT LEONARD WOOD...GAINESVILLE...GALENA...GREENFIELD... HERMITAGE...HOUSTON...KIMBERLING CITY...LAKE OZARK...LEBANON... MANSFIELD...MARSHFIELD...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...MOUNTAIN GROVE... NIXA...OSAGE BEACH...OSCEOLA...OZARK...REPUBLIC...ROGERSVILLE... ROLLA...SALEM...SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON...THAYER...THEODOSIA... VERSAILLES...VIENNA...WARSAW...WAYNESVILLE...WEST PLAINS... WILLOW SPRINGS AND WINONA. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-280200- BOURBON-CHEROKEE-CRAWFORD-BARTON-JASPER-MCDONALD-NEWTON-VERNON- 307 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...TORNADO WATCH 875 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS BOURBON... CHEROKEE... CRAWFORD... IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BARTON... JASPER... MCDONALD... NEWTON... VERNON... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...BAXTER SPRINGS... CARTHAGE...COLUMBUS...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...LAMAR...NEOSHO... NEVADA...PINEVILLE AND PITTSBURG. A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM AND HUMID AIR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AND PRODUCE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL TRACK ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MUCH OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS...POTENTIALLY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...AND TORNADOS. THIS EPISODE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY END AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. GC / CRAMER
Local storm report, Nov 27, 5:14 PM CST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
514 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG PORTERVILLE 37.72N 95.07W
11/27/2005 BOURBON KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TIN BLOWN OFF OF SHED. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. STORM
SURVEY MAY BE NEEDED ON MONDAY.
SUTTONLocal storm report, Nov 27, 5:25 PM CST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
525 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM TORNADO 2 W DUDENVILLE 37.30N 94.12W
11/27/2005 JASPER MO TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO REPORTED ON GROUND. LOCATION IS 3 MILES SOUTH
OF GOLDEN CITY.
SUTTONLocal storm report, Nov 27, 5:28 PM CST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
528 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM FUNNEL CLOUD LOCKWOOD 37.38N 93.97W
11/27/2005 DADE MO AMATEUR RADIO
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED JUST NORTHWEST OF LOCKWOOD VIA
AMATEUR RADIO
SUTTONLocal storm report, Nov 27, 5:31 PM CST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
531 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 NW LOCKWOOD 37.41N 94.01W
11/27/2005 DADE MO TRAINED SPOTTER
SUTTONThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Crawford
- When
- November 27, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.507, -94.852 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High wind downed powerlines down in Girard. A hay barn was destroyed near Kansas highways 7 and 126. High wind downed trees and a few power poles throughout Crawford County.
High Wind, Cherokee
- When
- November 27, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.169, -94.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
61 mph wind gust measured at the Columbus automated weather station. The high wind downed trees and powerlines.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Ice Storm in South Dakota, November 27 to 28, 2005
- Wildfire and High Wind in Oklahoma, November 27 to 30, 2005
- Blizzard in Nebraska, November 27 to 29, 2005
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- Blizzard in Nebraska, November 27 to 28, 2005
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, November 27, 2005
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, November 27 to 28, 2005
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5479720, 5479719, 5479718.