Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2001, 3:58 PM CDT for Douglas County, Howell County, Missouri. It was in force for 62 min. 3 reports 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, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2001, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 4:20 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Pomona, MO | |
| Apr 3, 4:25 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Willow Spgs, MO | |
| Apr 3, 4:43 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | West Plains, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KSGF 032058 TORSGF MOC067-091-032200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 358 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 354 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CABOOL...OR 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOUSTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... WEST PLAINS BY 440 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF POMONA...WHITE CHURCH AND BRANDSVILLE ARE 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. 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 WITHc YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3706 9210 3695 9234 3650 9169 3677 9167 SUTTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 11:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller, Morgan | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 12:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Morgan | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede, Webster | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Wright | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Wright | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon | 67 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.