Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 20, 2001, 7:57 PM CDT for Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2001, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2001, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Newton County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 8:14 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Redings Mill, MO | |
| May 20, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Diamond, MO | |
| May 20, 8:34 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Diamond, 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 1724 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KSGF 210059
TORSGF
MOC145-210145-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
757 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 754 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO JUST EAST OF
SENECA...OR 9 MILES WEST OF NEOSHO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
ROTATION HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THIS AREA.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
SAGINAW...SILVER CREEK BY 805 PM CDT.
NEOSHO BY 815 PM CDT.
DIAMOND BY 825 PM CDT.
GRANBY BY 830 PM CDT.
THE TOWNS OF RACINE...STARK CITY...NEWTONIA AND RITCHEY ARE ALSO IN
THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR NEWTON COUNTY. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3704 9460 3678 9458 3677 9409 3704 9407
3704 9428
HUDSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 51 min |
| May 20, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Hickory | 41 min |
| May 20, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 51 min |
| May 20, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 50 min |
| May 20, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 47 min |
| May 20, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Hickory | 44 min |
| May 20, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone | 40 min |
| May 20, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell | 30 min |
| May 20, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden | 37 min |
| May 20, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Taney | 50 min |
| May 20, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 51 min |
| May 20, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 50 min |
| May 20, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller | 45 min |
| May 20, 9:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Newton | 4 hr |
| May 20, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Morgan | 40 min |
| May 20, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Shannon | 51 min |
| May 20, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 48 min |
| May 20, 9:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon | 4 hr |
| May 20, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 42 min |
| May 20, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Texas | 54 min |
| May 20, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Polk | 45 min |
| May 20, 9:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Texas | 4 hr |
| May 20, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 38 min |
| May 20, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Lawrence, Stone | 44 min |
| May 20, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Miller | 43 min |
| May 20, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 34 min |
| May 20, 10:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton | 4 hr |
| May 20, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene | 4 hr |
| May 20, 10:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.