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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO

February 26, 2009Dallas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 26, 2009, 6:17 PM CST for Dallas County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 min. 2 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: Feb 26, 2009, 6:17 PM CST (00:17 UTC)
Expired: Feb 26, 2009, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Dallas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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
Feb 26, 6:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Windyville, MO	2 FT DIAMETER TREE DOWN BETWEEN PLAD AND WINDYVILLE OFF OF HWY K
Feb 26, 6:32 PM CST	HAIL 1	Plad, MO

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
Feb 26, 5:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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: 935 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 214 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 275 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 6.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 270017
TORSGF
MOC059-270100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0002.090227T0017Z-090227T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
617 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 700 PM CST.

* AT 616 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES NORTH OF BUFFALO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN DALLAS
  COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF PLAD...WINDYVILLE AND BENNETT
  SPRINGS.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3776 9286 3773 9286 3772 9285 3759 9285
      3771 9318 3779 9311
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 286DEG 35KT 3774 9310

$$

FOSTER

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 270025
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
625 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

MOC059-270100-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090227T0100Z/
DALLAS MO-
625 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
DALLAS COUNTY...

AT 624 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR PLAD...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUFFALO...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL DALLAS
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF WINDYVILLE AND BENNETT SPRINGS.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST 
FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

&&

LAT...LON 3776 9286 3773 9286 3772 9285 3759 9285
      3771 9318 3779 9311
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 286DEG 35KT 3772 9300

$$

FOSTER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 270035
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
635 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

MOC059-270100-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090227T0100Z/
DALLAS MO-
635 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY...

AT 634 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR WINDYVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BUFFALO...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL
DALLAS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF BENNETT SPRINGS.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

&&

LAT...LON 3776 9286 3772 9285 3762 9285 3759 9286
      3767 9306 3767 9307 3777 9295
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 286DEG 33KT 3771 9289

$$

FOSTER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 270057
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
657 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

MOC059-270107-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090227T0100Z/
DALLAS MO-
657 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 700
PM CST...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS EXITING THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3776 9286 3772 9285 3762 9285 3759 9286
      3767 9306 3767 9307 3777 9295
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 286DEG 33KT 3765 9265

$$

FOSTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 26, 6:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas	47 min
Feb 26, 6:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone	47 min
Feb 26, 6:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede	59 min
Feb 26, 6:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Stone	62 min
Feb 26, 6:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede, Webster, Wright	66 min
Feb 26, 7:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps, Pulaski, Texas	57 min
Feb 26, 7:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	44 min
Feb 26, 7:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps	26 min
Feb 26, 8:23 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Texas, Wright	6 hr
Feb 26, 8:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon, Texas	48 min
Feb 26, 9:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Ozark	57 min
Feb 27, 3:20 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	SGF	Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 24 more	29 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.