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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2011, 5:09 PM CDT for Jasper County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 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
- May 22, 2011, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jasper County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 5:38 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Webb City, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 2645 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 424 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 422 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 16.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
073
WFUS53 KSGF 222209
TORSGF
MOC097-222300-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0030.110522T2209Z-110522T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
509 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.
* AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF CARL JUNCTION...OR 6 MILES EAST OF
COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...ASBURY...ATLAS...
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS...CARL JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...LAKESIDE...NECK
CITY...NORTHEASTERN JOPLIN...OAKLAND PARK...ORONOGO...PURCELL...
WACO AND WEBB CITY.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 18 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THIS TORNADO.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE.
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 3733 9461 3735 9436 3708 9430 3711 9462
3720 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 260DEG 26KT 3716 9472
HAIL 2.50IN
$$
WISE1 follow-up statement
516
WWUS53 KSGF 222242
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
542 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
MOC097-222300-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110522T2300Z/
JASPER MO-
542 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
JASPER COUNTY...
...A TORNADO WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FOR NORTHERN
NEWTON...SOUTHEAST CHEROKEE COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTIES...
AT 538 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
JOPLIN...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GALENA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...ATLAS...BROOKLYN
HEIGHTS...CARL JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...LAKESIDE...NECK CITY...
NORTHEASTERN JOPLIN...OAKLAND PARK...ORONOGO...PURCELL AND WEBB CITY.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 18 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THIS TORNADO.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
&&
LAT...LON 3725 9462 3727 9434 3717 9432 3708 9430
3711 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 240DEG 38KT 3713 9451
HAIL 2.75IN
$$
WISEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Hickory | 25 min |
| May 22, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller, Morgan | 64 min |
| May 22, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 43 min |
| May 22, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 42 min |
| May 22, 5:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Newton | 6 hr |
| May 22, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 65 min |
| May 22, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 62 min |
| May 22, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 38 min |
| May 22, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 24 min |
| May 22, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone | 47 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.