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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Springfield, MO

May 6, 2001Christian County, Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2001, 9:02 PM CDT for Christian County, Lawrence 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
May 6, 2001, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2001, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Christian County, MO, Lawrence County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 6, 9:15 PM CDTThunderstorm WindAurora, 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
May 6, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 6, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 6, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 22 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 2001-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1030 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1030 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1283 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
253 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 070202
TORSGF
MOC043-109-070245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
902 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 858 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  AURORA...OR 10 MILES EAST OF MONETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   MARIONVILLE BY 915 PM CDT.
   BILLINGS BY 930 PM CDT.

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

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

LAT...LON 3693 9380 3692 9363 3700 9362 3699 9338
          3709 9337 3710 9362 3718 9364 3719 9379

HUDSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry52 min
May 6, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede57 min
May 6, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton67 min
May 6, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry46 min
May 6, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, St. Clair, Vernon45 min
May 6, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Polk41 min
May 6, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence45 min
May 6, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton58 min
May 6, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, St. Clair, Vernon60 min
May 6, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory60 min
May 6, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Polk62 min
May 6, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone25 min
May 6, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Taney39 min
May 6, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden66 min
May 6, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene50 min
May 6, 10:02 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Webster43 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.