Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 20, 2012, 6:44 PM CDT for Douglas County, Missouri. It was in force for 18 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
- Mar 20, 2012, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2012, 7:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Douglas County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 6:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 14 Se Ava, MO | EMERGENCY MANAGER RELAYED A REPORT OF WIND DAMAGE TO A BUILDING OFF OF COUNTY ROAD 333 AND HIGHWAY N |
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 439 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
776
WFUS53 KSGF 202344
TORSGF
MOC067-210015-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0024.120320T2344Z-120321T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
644 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.
* AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF GENTRYVILLE...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
AVA...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BRUSHYKNOB...DRURY...GENTRYVILLE AND
VANZANT.
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 3680 9250 3681 9256 3706 9251 3706 9226
3705 9226 3680 9233 3680 9249
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 191DEG 42KT 3688 9243
HAIL <.50IN
$$
WISE2 follow-up statements
233 WWUS53 KSGF 202354 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 654 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012 MOC067-210015- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120321T0015Z/ DOUGLAS MO- 654 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY... AT 651 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO 3 MILES EAST OF BRUSHYKNOB...OR 13 MILES EAST OF AVA...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BRUSHYKNOB. LAT...LON 3693 9234 3697 9252 3706 9251 3706 9231 TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 186DEG 41KT 3699 9243 HAIL <.50IN $$ WISE
531 WWUS53 KSGF 210002 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 702 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012 MOC067-210012- /O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120321T0015Z/ DOUGLAS MO- 702 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3693 9234 3697 9252 3706 9251 3706 9231 TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 186DEG 41KT 3708 9242 $$ WISE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 7:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 12 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 10 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bates, Vernon | 9 days |
| Mar 19, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barry | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 11:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Stone | 24 min |
| Mar 19, 11:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Taney | 40 min |
| Mar 20, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Greene, Webster | 41 min |
| Mar 20, 6:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 64 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Stone | 63 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 22 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Vernon | 18 hr |
| Mar 20, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Ozark | 37 min |
| Mar 20, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 35 min |
| Mar 20, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 39 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.