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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Springfield, MO

April 10, 2011Greene County, Webster County, Wright County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2011, 10:52 PM CDT for Greene County, Webster County, Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 53 min. 7 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: Apr 10, 2011, 10:52 PM CDT (03:52 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2011, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Greene County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 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
Apr 10, 10:55 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 N Rogersville, MO	A NWS STORM SURVEY REVEALED THAT AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2.7 MILES NORTH OF ROGERSVILLE AND TRACKED NORTHEAST BEFORE LIFTING 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORDLAND. DAMAGE OCCURRED MAINLY TO OUTBUILDINGS AND TREES.
Apr 10, 10:59 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nnw Fordland, MO	ONE LARGE TREE ACROSS PANTHER CREEK ROAD.
Apr 10, 10:59 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nw Fordland, MO	REPORT OF TWO TREES ACROSS PANTHER CREEK ROAD 2.25 MILES SOUTH OF PLEASANT GROVE ROAD.
Apr 10, 11:01 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	3 N Fordland, MO	BASEBALL SIZED HAIL JUST NORTH OF KOLR BROADCAST TOWER.
Apr 10, 11:03 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 N Fordland, MO	30 INCH DIAMETER LIMB DOWN
Apr 10, 11:03 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 68	4 N Fordland, MO
Apr 10, 11:33 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Nw Diggins, MO	ROAD SIGNS DOWN...SMALL TREES DOWN AT THE JUNCTION OF BELLFORD ROAD AND MISSOURI HIGHWAY FF.

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
Apr 10, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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: 601 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1468 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 3.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

871 
WFUS53 KSGF 110352
TORSGF
MOC077-225-229-110445-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0011.110411T0352Z-110411T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1052 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.

* AT 1049 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROGERSVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  STRAFFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE DIGGINS...DUNCAN...FORDLAND...
  GROVESPRING...MANES...MARSHFIELD...NIANGUA...NORTHVIEW...ODIN...
  RADER AND ROGERSVILLE.

INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 100 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED
BY THIS TORNADO.

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 3709 9312 3721 9315 3748 9271 3748 9225
      3742 9225 3709 9302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 239DEG 56KT 3718 9303
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

CRAMER

3 follow-up statements

139 
WWUS53 KSGF 110402
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1102 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

MOC077-110411-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110411T0445Z/
GREENE MO-
1102 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

&&

LAT...LON 3719 9300 3728 9303 3748 9271 3748 9225
      3742 9226 3713 9293
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 245DEG 53KT 3722 9290

$$

MOC225-229-110445-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110411T0445Z/
WRIGHT MO-WEBSTER MO-
1102 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR WEBSTER
AND NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTIES...

AT 1059 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF FORDLAND...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF
MARSHFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE DIGGINS...DUNCAN...FORDLAND...
GROVESPRING...MANES...MARSHFIELD...NIANGUA...NORTHVIEW...ODIN AND
RADER.

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

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

&&

LAT...LON 3719 9300 3728 9303 3748 9271 3748 9225
      3742 9226 3713 9293
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 245DEG 53KT 3722 9290
HAIL 2.75IN

$$

CRAMER

137 
WWUS53 KSGF 110417
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1117 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

MOC225-110427-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110411T0445Z/
WEBSTER MO-
1117 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEBSTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

&&

LAT...LON 3726 9268 3727 9270 3748 9269 3748 9225
      3742 9226 3724 9268
TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 245DEG 53KT 3731 9266

$$

MOC229-110445-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110411T0445Z/
WRIGHT MO-
1117 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
WRIGHT COUNTY...

AT 1114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR DUNCAN...OR 12 MILES EAST OF MARSHFIELD...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE DUNCAN...GROVESPRING...MANES AND ODIN.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO BASEBALL 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

&&

LAT...LON 3726 9268 3727 9270 3748 9269 3748 9225
      3742 9226 3724 9268
TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 245DEG 53KT 3731 9266
HAIL 2.75IN

$$

CRAMER

743 
WWUS53 KSGF 110439
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1139 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

MOC229-110450-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110411T0445Z/
WRIGHT MO-
1139 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1145
PM CDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3726 9268 3727 9270 3748 9269 3748 9225
      3742 9226 3724 9268
TIME...MOT...LOC 0440Z 245DEG 53KT 3745 9227

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	52 min
Apr 10, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Hickory, Polk	48 min
Apr 10, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Jasper, Lawrence	44 min
Apr 10, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Polk	32 min
Apr 10, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Webster	39 min
Apr 10, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Miller, Pulaski	46 min
Apr 10, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Maries, Phelps	39 min
Apr 10, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Polk	34 min
Apr 10, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede	12 min
Apr 11, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	30 min
Apr 11, 12:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark	41 min
Apr 11, 1:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Howell, Shannon	41 min
Apr 11, 1:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Shannon, Texas	33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.