Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 53, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 11:56 AM CDT for Benton County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 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 25, 2011, 11:56 AM CDT (16:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Benton County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 12:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Cole Camp, 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 25, 10:37 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 2063 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 500 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 405 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 13.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
305
WFUS53 KSGF 251656
TORSGF
MOC015-251745-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0053.110525T1656Z-110525T1745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1156 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT.
* AT 1153 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF EDMONSON...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WARSAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE COLE CAMP...CROCKERVILLE...EDMONSON...
LINCOLN AND MORA.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TRUMAN LAKE.
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 3854 9308 3853 9307 3836 9307 3819 9329
3831 9345 3854 9321 3854 9317
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 223DEG 26KT 3832 9329
HAIL 1.00IN
$$
SCHAUMANN1 follow-up statement
472
WWUS53 KSGF 251707
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1207 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
MOC015-251745-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-110525T1745Z/
BENTON MO-
1207 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY...
AT 1203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF EDMONSON...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST
OF WARSAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE COLE CAMP...CROCKERVILLE...EDMONSON...
LINCOLN AND MORA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF AVAILABLE...MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE
WALLS.
&&
LAT...LON 3854 9308 3853 9307 3837 9307 3836 9307
3824 9323 3837 9339 3854 9321
TIME...MOT...LOC 1707Z 223DEG 26KT 3839 9321
HAIL 0.88IN
$$
SCHAUMANNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Newton | 45 min |
| May 24, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 41 min |
| May 24, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 63 min |
| May 24, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Newton | 49 min |
| May 24, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 60 min |
| May 24, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence and 2 more | 52 min |
| May 24, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Dade, Jasper | 26 min |
| May 24, 11:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian, Greene, Polk | 41 min |
| May 24, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Benton, Cedar, Hickory, St. Clair | 40 min |
| May 24, 11:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Greene | 29 min |
| May 24, 11:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Morgan | 43 min |
| May 24, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Polk | 39 min |
| May 25, 12:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Greene | 4 hr |
| May 25, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barry, Stone | 34 min |
| May 25, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dallas, Polk | 35 min |
| May 25, 12:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Camden | 37 min |
| May 25, 12:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Camden | 28 min |
| May 25, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Webster, Wright | 29 min |
| May 25, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller, Morgan | 29 min |
| May 25, 1:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Stone, Taney | 25 min |
| May 25, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Stone, Taney, Webster and 1 more | 63 min |
| May 25, 1:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Miller | 19 min |
| May 25, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller | 31 min |
| May 25, 1:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas, Webster, Wright | 23 min |
| May 25, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Laclede, Miller, Pulaski | 37 min |
| May 25, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Laclede, Pulaski, Texas, Webster, Wright | 50 min |
| May 25, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller | 12 min |
| May 25, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Laclede, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas | 58 min |
| May 25, 3:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Douglas | 38 min |
| May 25, 3:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas, Texas | 46 min |
| May 25, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas, Wright | 45 min |
| May 25, 4:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Texas, Wright | 42 min |
| May 25, 4:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas | 41 min |
| May 25, 4:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 40 min |
| May 25, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dent | 37 min |
| May 25, 5:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent | 32 min |
| May 25, 9:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 24 hr |
| May 25, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 47 min |
| May 25, 11:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 58 min |
| May 25, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene, Lawrence | 61 min |
| May 25, 11:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 67 min |
| May 25, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Wright | 58 min |
| May 25, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Hickory, Morgan | 55 min |
| May 25, 12:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Hickory, Morgan | 45 min |
| May 25, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 59 min |
| May 25, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 56 min |
| May 25, 12:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Miller, Morgan | 52 min |
| May 25, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 61 min |
| May 25, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 62 min |
| May 25, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 23 min |
| May 25, 1:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Maries, Phelps, Pulaski | 68 min |
| May 25, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller | 51 min |
| May 25, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Stone, Taney, Webster | 60 min |
| May 25, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Miller | 24 min |
| May 25, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 50 min |
| May 25, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller, Morgan | 42 min |
| May 25, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps, Pulaski | 55 min |
| May 25, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Texas | 54 min |
| May 25, 2:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller, Morgan | 5 hr |
| May 25, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski | 61 min |
| May 25, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 48 min |
| May 25, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 57 min |
| May 25, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon | 55 min |
| May 25, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Texas | 52 min |
| May 25, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon | 64 min |
| May 25, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Oregon | 35 min |
| May 25, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 23 min |
| May 25, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 13 min |
| May 25, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 42 min |
| May 25, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 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.