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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2011, 1:09 PM CDT for Howell County, Oregon County, Ozark County, Missouri. It was in force for 66 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
- May 23, 2011, 1:09 PM CDT (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2011, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Howell County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 1:41 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ene Moody, MO | METAL CARPORT BLOWN ONTO ROAD |
| May 23, 1:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 E Moody, MO | AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 4 MILES EAST NORHTEAST OF MOODY MISSOURI. DAMAGE IN THE AREA CONSISTED OF MANY LARGE LIMBS BROKEN OUT OF TREES...A HOME WITH MINOR ROOF DAMAGE...AN UNSECURED CARPORT THROWN 150 YARDS THROUGH THE AIR...AND ONE SMALL TREE UPROOTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1041 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1640 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
566 WFUS53 KSGF 231809 TORSGF MOC091-149-153-231915- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0043.110523T1809Z-110523T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 109 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... SOUTHERN HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... SOUTHWESTERN OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... * UNTIL 215 PM CDT. * AT 107 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD...OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST PLAINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BAKERSFIELD...CAULFIELD...KOSHKONONG... LANTON...MOODY...POTTERSVILLE...SOUTH FORK AND WEST PLAINS. 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 3685 9190 3650 9153 3649 9156 3650 9224 TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 238DEG 29KT 3633 9221 HAIL 1.25IN $$ LINDENBERG
2 follow-up statements
939 WWUS53 KSGF 231830 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 130 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 MOC091-149-153-231915- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-110523T1915Z/ HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-OZARK MO- 130 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN OZARK...SOUTHWESTERN OREGON AND SOUTHERN HOWELL COUNTIES... AT 127 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR MOODY...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST PLAINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BAKERSFIELD...BRANDSVILLE...CAULFIELD... KOSHKONONG...LANTON...MOODY...POTTERSVILLE...SOUTH FORK AND WEST PLAINS. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3685 9190 3650 9153 3649 9156 3650 9224 TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 238DEG 29KT 3650 9199 HAIL 1.00IN $$ LINDENBERG
003 WWUS53 KSGF 231913 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 213 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 MOC091-149-153-231924- /O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-110523T1915Z/ HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-OZARK MO- 213 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OZARK...SOUTHWESTERN OREGON AND SOUTHERN HOWELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 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. LAT...LON 3685 9190 3650 9153 3649 9156 3650 9224 TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 238DEG 29KT 3669 9161 $$ LINDENBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald | 44 min |
| May 22, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Newton | 54 min |
| May 22, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Miller, Morgan | 67 min |
| May 22, 7:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone | 6 hr |
| May 22, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Taney | 47 min |
| May 22, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Webster | 52 min |
| May 22, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald | 49 min |
| May 22, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald | 44 min |
| May 22, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Taney | 28 min |
| May 22, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Wright | 40 min |
| May 22, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 27 min |
| May 22, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 36 min |
| May 22, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald | 47 min |
| May 22, 8:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Ozark, Taney | 6 hr |
| May 22, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 41 min |
| May 22, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 63 min |
| May 22, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Ozark | 44 min |
| May 22, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Shannon, Texas | 64 min |
| May 22, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark | 30 min |
| May 22, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Ozark | 51 min |
| May 22, 9:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 33 min |
| May 22, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barry | 36 min |
| May 22, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 35 min |
| May 22, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 65 min |
| May 22, 11:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 57 hr |
| May 22, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 66 min |
| May 23, 12:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Newton, Stone | 9 hr |
| May 23, 1:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Stone | 48 min |
| May 23, 3:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more | 63 hr |
| May 23, 7:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Jasper | 43 min |
| May 23, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 45 min |
| May 23, 8:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Vernon | 40 min |
| May 23, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 39 min |
| May 23, 8:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton | 49 min |
| May 23, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair | 31 min |
| May 23, 9:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone | 8 hr |
| May 23, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Hickory, Polk | 18 min |
| May 23, 9:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede | 36 min |
| May 23, 10:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dent, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Morgan and 3 more | 45 min |
| May 23, 10:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski | 44 min |
| May 23, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Howell, Shannon | 61 min |
| May 23, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 20 min |
| May 23, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Shannon | 43 min |
| May 23, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 47 min |
| May 23, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 33 min |
| May 23, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 62 min |
| May 23, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 47 min |
| May 23, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 41 min |
| May 23, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 43 min |
| May 23, 4:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon | 16 hr |
| May 23, 4:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Stone | 17 hr |
| May 23, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Jasper | 33 min |
| May 23, 5:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 16 hr |
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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.