Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2010, 8:26 PM CDT for Phelps County, Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 2, 2010, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2010, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:58 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Fort Leonard Wood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 2250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
676 WFUS53 KSGF 030126 TORSGF MOC161-169-030215- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0021.100603T0126Z-100603T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 826 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... SOUTHWESTERN PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT. * AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR CENTRAL FORT LEONARD WOOD...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE CENTRAL FORT LEONARD WOOD. 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... 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 3781 9192 3766 9191 3768 9223 3776 9224 TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 265DEG 15KT 3772 9216 $$ KARDELL
2 follow-up statements
780 WWUS53 KSGF 030138 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 838 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 MOC161-169-030215- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100603T0215Z/ PULASKI MO-PHELPS MO- 838 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN PHELPS AND EAST CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTIES... AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO 4 MILES EAST OF FORT LEONARD WOOD...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAYNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE EASTERN FORT LEONARD WOOD. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. && LAT...LON 3778 9213 3781 9192 3766 9191 3768 9217 TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 283DEG 19KT 3769 9207 $$ KARDELL
260 WWUS53 KSGF 030200 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 900 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 MOC161-169-030209- /O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100603T0215Z/ PULASKI MO-PHELPS MO- 900 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PHELPS AND EAST CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI AND SOUTHWESTERN PHELPS COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3778 9213 3781 9192 3766 9191 3768 9217 TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 283DEG 19KT 3766 9193 $$ KARDELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Hickory | 20 min |
| Jun 2, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps, Pulaski | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 7:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps, Pulaski | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 86 min |
| Jun 2, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps, Pulaski | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Webster | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster, Wright | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Polk | 23 min |
| Jun 2, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 10:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Laclede, Texas, Wright | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 11:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 10 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 12:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Texas, Webster, Wright | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper | 8 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Laclede, Texas, Wright | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, McDonald, Newton, Stone, Taney | 7 hr |
| Jun 3, 6:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Texas, Webster, Wright | 6 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.