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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Springfield, MO

June 18, 20114 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2011, 11:30 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 45 min. 11 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: Jun 18, 2011, 11:30 PM CDT (04:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2011, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Polk County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 18, 11:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Greenfield, MO
Jun 18, 11:35 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Ne Everton, MO	A NWS SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 80-90 MPH OCCURRED ON JUNE 18TH. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 1135 PM ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVERTON AND TRAVELLED 11 MILES LIFTING AROUND 1150 PM ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF WALNUT GROVE. THE ST
Jun 18, 11:40 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Se Dadeville, MO	A NWS SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 80-90 MPH OCCURRED ON JUNE 18TH. THE STORM TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 1140 PM ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DADEVILLE AND TRAVELLED 6 MILES LIFTING AROUND 1150 PM ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF EUDORA. THI
Jun 18, 11:41 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 E Greenfield, MO	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF DADE COUNTY.
Jun 19, 12:00 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ssw Pleasant Hope, MO	BARN DESTROYED...SHINGLES OFF OF A ROOF...AND 6-8 INCH TREE LIMBS REPORTED DOWN ALONG GREENE COUNTY FARM ROADS 2 AND 6. REPORTED BY POLK COUNTY EMA.
Jun 19, 12:03 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Ash Grove, MO	60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUST ESTIMATED
Jun 19, 12:03 AM CDT	TORNADO 0	3 Se Brighton, MO	GROUND SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF-0 TORNADO PRODUCED 70 TO 80 MPH WINDS ALONG AN EAST SOUTHEAST PATH BETWEEN THREE MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRIGHTON...JUST NORTH OF THE GREENE COUNTY LINE...TO HIGHWAY H IN NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY FOUR MILES SOUTH OF PLEASANT HOPE. THE IT
Jun 19, 12:07 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Walnut Grove, MO
Jun 19, 12:12 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Morrisville, MO
Jun 19, 12:15 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sw Fair Grove, MO	TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG FARM ROAD 35
Jun 19, 12:15 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 63	3 N Springfield, MO	63 MPH GUST MEASURED AT DIVISION AND 65. WINDS ALSO ESTIMATED 60-65 MPH AT 104 MILE MARKER ON I-44.

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 18, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 61 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: 4246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.1
Supercell composite: 15.1

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The text

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

632 
WFUS53 KSGF 190430
TORSGF
MOC057-077-109-167-190515-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0063.110619T0430Z-110619T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1130 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT.

* AT 1127 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  TORNADIC STORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GREENFIELD TO PENNSBORO
  TO 4 MILES NORTH OF MILLER...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ALDRICH...ASH GROVE...BOIS D'ARC...
  BRIGHTON...CAVE SPRINGS...DADEVILLE...EBENEZER...EUDORA...
  EVERTON...GLIDEWELL...GREENFIELD...MILLER...MORRISVILLE...NEOLA...
  NORTHERN SPRINGFIELD...PENNSBORO...PLEASANT HOPE...SACVILLE...SOUTH
  GREENFIELD...WALNUT GROVE AND WILLARD.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STOCKTON LAKE. INTERSTATE 44
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 83 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY THESE
TORNADIC STORMS.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 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 3757 9323 3735 9316 3721 9319 3721 9388
      3735 9386 3752 9395
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 268DEG 48KT 3744 9377 3736 9373
          3727 9376
HAIL 1.25IN

$$

SCHAUMANN

2 follow-up statements

348 
WWUS53 KSGF 190439
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1139 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

MOC057-077-109-167-190515-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110619T0515Z/
GREENE MO-POLK MO-DADE MO-LAWRENCE MO-
1139 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...SOUTHEASTERN DADE...SOUTHERN POLK AND
NORTHERN GREENE COUNTIES...

AT 1137 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE TORNADIC STORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF
DADEVILLE TO EVERTON TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF EVERTON...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ASH GROVE...BOIS D'ARC...BRIGHTON...CAVE
SPRINGS...DADEVILLE...EBENEZER...EUDORA...EVERTON...GLIDEWELL...
MORRISVILLE...NORTHERN SPRINGFIELD...PLEASANT HOPE...SACVILLE...
WALNUT GROVE AND WILLARD.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STOCKTON LAKE. INTERSTATE 44
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 84 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY THESE
TORNADIC STORMS.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.

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 3723 9381 3735 9378 3748 9380 3757 9323
      3735 9316 3721 9319
TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 270DEG 43KT 3743 9366 3735 9363
          3726 9365
HAIL 1.25IN

$$

SCHAUMANN

667 
WWUS53 KSGF 190454
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1154 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

MOC057-109-190504-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110619T0515Z/
DADE MO-LAWRENCE MO-
1154 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN
DADE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE IMMINENT THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA. A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING DOES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

&&

LAT...LON 3722 9334 3722 9358 3735 9355 3748 9361
      3751 9362 3757 9323 3736 9316 3729 9317
      3721 9319
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 270DEG 43KT 3748 9349 3735 9340
          3726 9343

$$

MOC077-167-190515-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110619T0515Z/
GREENE MO-POLK MO-
1154 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
POLK AND CENTRAL GREENE COUNTIES...

AT 1152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE TORNADIC STORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EUDORA TO CAVE
SPRINGS TO BOIS D'ARC...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BOIS D'ARC...BRIGHTON...CAVE SPRINGS...
EBENEZER...EUDORA...GLIDEWELL...MORRISVILLE...NORTHERN SPRINGFIELD...
PLEASANT HOPE...SACVILLE...WALNUT GROVE AND WILLARD.

INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 84 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THESE TORNADIC STORMS.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

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 3722 9334 3722 9358 3735 9355 3748 9361
      3751 9362 3757 9323 3736 9316 3729 9317
      3721 9319
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 270DEG 43KT 3748 9349 3735 9340
          3726 9343
HAIL 1.25IN

$$

SCHAUMANN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Camden, Miller	40 min
Jun 18, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Morgan	41 min
Jun 18, 8:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Benton	27 min
Jun 18, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	54 min
Jun 18, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	46 min
Jun 18, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller	38 min
Jun 18, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	18 min
Jun 18, 9:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	26 min
Jun 18, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	32 min
Jun 18, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller	30 min
Jun 18, 10:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Maries	39 min
Jun 18, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	26 min
Jun 18, 10:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Miller	9 hr
Jun 18, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	66 min
Jun 18, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Lawrence	67 min
Jun 18, 11:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Christian, Greene, Polk	26 min
Jun 18, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Vernon	49 min
Jun 18, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk	63 min
Jun 18, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Pulaski	41 min
Jun 18, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton	52 min
Jun 18, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede, Polk, Webster	61 min
Jun 19, 12:07 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Greene, Laclede, Polk, Webster	38 min
Jun 19, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller	14 min
Jun 19, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence	14 min
Jun 19, 12:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Vernon	56 min
Jun 19, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Phelps	39 min
Jun 19, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Pulaski, Wright	54 min
Jun 19, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Greene, Polk	35 min
Jun 19, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas	76 min
Jun 19, 1:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper	6 hr
Jun 19, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon	61 min
Jun 19, 2:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Shannon	30 min
Jun 19, 2:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps, Pulaski	4 hr
Jun 19, 3:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dallas	28 min
Jun 19, 4:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Douglas	38 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.