Tornado Warning 1, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Feb 24, 2001, 3:22 PM CST (21:22 UTC)

Expired

Feb 24, 2001, 4:00 PM CST

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 242122
TORSGF
MOC225-229-242200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
322 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 318 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR SEYMOUR...OR 10
  MILES NORTHWEST OF AVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   NORWOOD BY 330 PM CST.
   HARTVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE BY 335 PM CST.

THE TOWNS OF ODIN...MANES AND COMPETITION ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF
THIS TORNADO.

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND
TO SHELTER.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
SPRINGFIELD.

LAT...LON 3747 9277 3709 9282 3709 9262 3708 9228
          3707 9227 3741 9228 3748 9230

HUDSON

Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 2001Every tornado warning in 2001Tornadoes in 2001

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.