Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2001, 3:47 PM CST for Douglas County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 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, 3:47 PM CST (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2001, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Douglas County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:05 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Gentryville, 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, 11:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
115 WFUS53 KSGF 242148 TORSGF MOC067-242230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 347 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI * UNTIL 430 PM CST * AT 343 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF AVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY. HOWEVER...THE TOWNS OF GENTRYVILLE...DRURY AND VANZANT ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. PERSONS IN THESE LOCATIONS NEED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY 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 ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN SPRINGFIELD. LAT...LON 3682 9263 3680 9211 3705 9209 3706 9252 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, 3:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 34 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.