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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO

April 3, 2001Wright County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2001, 3:14 PM CDT for Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 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
Apr 3, 2001, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2001, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 3, 3:40 PM CDTHail 2.75Mountain Grove, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 12:00Z on 2001-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1171 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2001-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 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
1171 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

207 
WFUS53 KSGF 032014
TORSGF
MOC229-032045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
314 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 313 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR HARTVILLE...OR
  22 MILES NORTHEAST OF AVA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   MOUNTAIN GROVE BY 340 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF DAWSON IS 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.

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

LAT...LON 3736 9253 3720 9264 3706 9226 3725 9226

SUTTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 10:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton25 min
Apr 3, 11:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Morgan43 min
Apr 3, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller, Morgan40 min
Apr 3, 12:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMorgan3 hr
Apr 3, 12:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden49 min
Apr 3, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller48 min
Apr 3, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries42 min
Apr 3, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps45 min
Apr 3, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede, Webster47 min
Apr 3, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Wright62 min
Apr 3, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster34 min
Apr 3, 3:36 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDouglas24 min
Apr 3, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas35 min
Apr 3, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDouglas, Howell62 min
Apr 3, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Oregon67 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.