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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO

February 24, 2001Ozark County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2001, 3:41 PM CST for Ozark County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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: Feb 24, 2001, 3:41 PM CST (21:41 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2001, 4:15 PM CST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Ozark County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 24, 3:48 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Noble, 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
Feb 24, 3:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 326 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 371 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 242141
TORSGF
MOC153-242215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 415 PM CST

* AT 338 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
  GAINESVILLE...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF BULL SHOALS...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF OZARK COUNTY.  
  THE TOWNS OF LONG RUN...THORNFIELD...WILLHOIT...NOBLE AND WASOLA 
  ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFOR7CEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
SPRINGFIELD.

LAT...LON 3681 9272 3659 9275 3650 9276 3651 9220
          3679 9222 3681 9253

HUDSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 4:25 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 1 more	3 hr
Feb 24, 12:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	35 min
Feb 24, 12:47 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	3 hr
Feb 24, 12:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	34 min
Feb 24, 1:02 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	3 hr
Feb 24, 1:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, Newton	49 min
Feb 24, 1:31 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, Stone	3 hr
Feb 24, 1:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone	47 min
Feb 24, 1:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	47 min
Feb 24, 2:09 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Taney	3 hr
Feb 24, 2:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Taney	29 min
Feb 24, 3:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas	24 min
Feb 24, 3:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Webster, Wright	38 min
Feb 24, 3:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas	43 min
Feb 24, 4:22 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Barton, Christian, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence and 4 more	4 hr
Feb 24, 4:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Texas	4 hr
Feb 24, 4:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	35 min
Feb 24, 5:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	38 min

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.