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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 11, 2006, 6:00 PM CST for Howell County, Texas County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2006, 6:00 PM CST (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2006, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Howell County, MO, Texas County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 6:09 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Cabool, MO | GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT HIGHWAY 181 NEAR CABOOL. |
| Mar 11, 6:20 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Cabool, MO | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ALONG HIGHWAY 181 |
| Mar 11, 6:28 PM CST | HAIL 1.25 | 2 E Eunice, MO | HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN TYRONE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 12:47 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 310 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
- 1322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KSGF 120002 TORSGF MOC091-215-120045- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0007.060312T0000Z-060312T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 600 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HOWELL COUNTY IN MISSOURI. TEXAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI. * UNTIL 645 PM CST. * AT 557 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF CABOOL...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLOW SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN HOWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTIES...OR BETWEEN ELK CREEK AND WILLOW SPRINGS...AND THEN INTO THE CLEAR SPRINGS AND ARROLL AREAS 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 3710 9221 3694 9211 3693 9168 3733 9167 $$ RUNNELS
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 120014 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 612 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 MOC091-215-120045- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060312T0045Z/ TEXAS MO-HOWELL MO- 612 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HOWELL AND TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CST... AT 607 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE HOWELL AND TEXAS COUNTY BORDER NORTH OF WILLOW SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... 6 MILES NORTH OF MOUNTAIN VIEW BY 630 PM CST. THE TOWNS OF CLEAR SPRINGS AND ARROLL ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM NORTH OF THIS PATH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3710 9221 3694 9211 3693 9168 3733 9167 $$ RUNNELS
000 WWUS53 KSGF 120024 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 623 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 MOC091-215-120045- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060312T0045Z/ TEXAS MO-HOWELL MO- 623 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HOWELL AND TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CST... AT 617 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HOWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF ARROLL. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS WILL ALSO OCCUR FROM YUKON INTO SUMMERSVILLE. AN ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORM WILL PRODUCE UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AS IT TRACKS FROM WILLOW SPRINGS TOWARD MOUNTAIN VIEW. 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 3725 9198 3696 9197 3699 9167 3726 9166 $$ RUNNELS
000 WWUS53 KSGF 120052 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 652 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 MOC091-215-120102- /O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060312T0045Z/ TEXAS MO-HOWELL MO- 652 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HOWELL AND TEXAS COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 648 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3725 9198 3696 9197 3699 9167 3726 9166 $$ RUNNELS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 16 min |
| Mar 11, 6:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 22 min |
| Mar 11, 6:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Greene | 28 min |
| Mar 11, 6:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Webster | 26 min |
| Mar 11, 6:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 40 min |
| Mar 11, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 42 min |
| Mar 11, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 40 min |
| Mar 11, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 22 min |
| Mar 11, 6:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 54 min |
| Mar 11, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 39 min |
| Mar 11, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Shannon | 45 min |
| Mar 11, 7:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 22 min |
| Mar 11, 7:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 26 min |
| Mar 11, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 52 min |
| Mar 11, 7:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 50 min |
| Mar 11, 7:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 16 min |
| Mar 11, 7:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Phelps | 36 min |
| Mar 11, 7:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 54 min |
| Mar 11, 7:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 52 min |
| Mar 11, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Polk | 64 min |
| Mar 11, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 31 min |
| Mar 11, 8:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 55 min |
| Mar 11, 8:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps | 43 min |
| Mar 11, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 59 min |
| Mar 11, 8:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 23 min |
| Mar 11, 8:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 8 min |
| Mar 11, 8:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 31 min |
| Mar 11, 8:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 17 min |
| Mar 11, 8:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps | 64 min |
| Mar 11, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Laclede | 34 min |
| Mar 11, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 7 min |
| Mar 11, 9:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller | 23 min |
| Mar 11, 9:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 27 min |
| Mar 11, 9:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 39 min |
| Mar 11, 9:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Phelps | 36 min |
| Mar 11, 9:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Polk | 48 min |
| Mar 11, 10:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark, Taney | 50 min |
| Mar 11, 10:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark, Taney | 39 min |
| Mar 11, 10:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 36 min |
| Mar 11, 10:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps, Pulaski, Texas | 42 min |
| Mar 11, 10:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 48 min |
| Mar 11, 11:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell | 68 min |
| Mar 11, 11:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 46 min |
| Mar 11, 11:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Oregon | 57 min |
| Mar 11, 11:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster, Wright | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 12:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 59 min |
| Mar 12, 12:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Shannon | 33 min |
| Mar 12, 12:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Taney | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 12:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Oregon, Shannon | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 1:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 1:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 1:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 27 min |
| Mar 12, 2:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Pulaski | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Vernon | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 3:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton | 13 min |
| Mar 12, 4:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Morgan | 28 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.