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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO

March 10, 2010Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 10, 2010, 5:56 PM CST for Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 min. 4 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 10, 2010, 5:56 PM CST (23:56 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 2010, 6:30 PM CST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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 10, 6:00 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	Duenweg, MO
Mar 10, 6:01 PM CST	HAIL 1.25	2 N Diamond, MO
Mar 10, 6:05 PM CST	HAIL 1	Diamond, MO
Mar 10, 6:25 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	Se Avilla, MO	PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD EAST OF AVILLA.

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 10, 3:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 52 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

091 
WFUS53 KSGF 102356
TORSGF
MOC097-145-110045-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0002.100310T2356Z-100311T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
556 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTH CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 645 PM CST.

* AT 552 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DIAMOND...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF
  NEOSHO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ATLAS...AVILLA...CARTHAGE...CARYTOWN...
  DIAMOND...DUENWEG...FIDELITY...MAPLE GROVE AND REEDS.

INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 26 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THIS TORNADO.

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 3735 9429 3724 9405 3695 9425 3698 9447
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 205DEG 39KT 3699 9434

$$

HATCH

2 follow-up statements

492 
WWUS53 KSGF 110013
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
613 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010

MOC145-110023-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100311T0045Z/
NEWTON MO-
613 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

&&

LAT...LON 3735 9429 3724 9406 3723 9406 3706 9418
      3716 9438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 205DEG 39KT 3716 9424

$$

MOC097-110045-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100311T0045Z/
JASPER MO-
613 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR EASTERN
JASPER COUNTY...

AT 611 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARTHAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AVILLA...CARTHAGE...CARYTOWN...MAPLE GROVE
AND REEDS.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

&&

LAT...LON 3735 9429 3724 9406 3723 9406 3706 9418
      3716 9438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 205DEG 39KT 3716 9424

$$

HATCH

529 
WWUS53 KSGF 110030
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
630 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010

MOC097-110040-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100311T0045Z/
JASPER MO-
630 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3735 9429 3724 9406 3723 9406 3706 9418
      3716 9438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 205DEG 39KT 3733 9414

$$

HATCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 10, 3:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton	23 min
Mar 10, 3:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	37 min
Mar 10, 3:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	22 min
Mar 10, 4:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas	22 min
Mar 10, 5:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	40 min
Mar 10, 5:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	25 min
Mar 10, 5:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	39 min
Mar 10, 5:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	51 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.