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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

June 3, 2001McDonald County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2001, 5:53 AM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 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
Jun 3, 2001, 5:53 AM CDT (10:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2001, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County McDonald County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 4:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 58 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2001-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2001-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1361 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 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 031055
TORSGF

MOC119-031145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
553 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT

* AT 547 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR LANAGAN...OR 13
  MILES NORTH OF GRAVETTE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE PINEVILLE AREA THROUGH 610 AM

THE TOWN OF POWELL IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3668 9456 3651 9449 3654 9408 3671 9406

DSA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 3:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone47 min
Jun 3, 3:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Newton66 min
Jun 3, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald62 min
Jun 3, 5:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark59 min
Jun 3, 5:16 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald44 min
Jun 3, 5:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone65 min
Jun 3, 5:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas59 min
Jun 3, 5:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney58 min
Jun 3, 5:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon41 min
Jun 3, 5:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper38 min
Jun 3, 5:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald3 hr
Jun 3, 6:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton58 min
Jun 3, 6:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper56 min
Jun 3, 6:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone53 min
Jun 3, 6:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark, Taney63 min
Jun 3, 6:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald27 min
Jun 3, 7:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton47 min
Jun 3, 7:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper33 min
Jun 3, 8:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper34 min
Jun 3, 8:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFVernon4 hr
Jun 3, 8:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Jasper, Lawrence46 min
Jun 3, 9:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon51 min
Jun 3, 10:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, St. Clair43 min
Jun 3, 10:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade43 min
Jun 3, 10:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Polk40 min
Jun 3, 10:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, Newton6 hr
Jun 3, 10:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas47 min
Jun 3, 11:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDade6 hr
Jun 3, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Webster44 min
Jun 3, 11:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden35 min
Jun 3, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski38 min
Jun 3, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton40 min
Jun 3, 12:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald4 hr
Jun 3, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade32 min
Jun 3, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Lawrence47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.