Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2001, 8:16 PM CDT for Camden County, Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2001, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2001, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Camden County, MO, Morgan County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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.
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 30, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 375 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KSGF 310117 TORSGF MOC029-141-310145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 816 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 810 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAURIE...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMDENTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... LAURIE BY 825 PM CDT. VILLAGE OF FOUR SEASONS BY 835 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF PURVIS...SUNRISE BEACH...GRAVOIS MILLS AND ROCKY MOUNT ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. 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. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE. ..LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3825 9305 3811 9285 3818 9268 3847 9267 JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 3 hr |
| May 30, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Morgan | 3 hr |
| May 30, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 45 min |
| May 31, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 39 min |
| May 31, 1:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Morgan | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.