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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO

May 6, 2001Christian County, Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2001, 10:02 PM CDT for Christian County, Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 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: May 6, 2001, 10:02 PM CDT (03:02 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2001, 10:45 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, Webster County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 070302
TORSGF
MOC043-225-070345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1002 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 959 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR SPARTA...OR 7   
  MILES EAST OF OZARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  STORM SPOTTERS 
  REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR SPARTA.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   ROGERSVILLE BY 1010 PM CDT.
   FORDLAND BY 1020 PM CDT.
   DIGGINS BY 1025 PM CDT.
   MARSHFIELD BY 1035 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF LINDEN AND BRUNER ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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.

LAT...LON 3704 9324 3695 9292 3709 9292 3736 9268
          3733 9305 3710 9309

HUDSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	52 min
May 6, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede	57 min
May 6, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	67 min
May 6, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	46 min
May 6, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	45 min
May 6, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Polk	41 min
May 6, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	45 min
May 6, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton	58 min
May 6, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	60 min
May 6, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Hickory	60 min
May 6, 9:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Lawrence	43 min
May 6, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Polk	62 min
May 6, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone	25 min
May 6, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Taney	39 min
May 6, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	66 min
May 6, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	50 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.