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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2012, 8:43 PM CDT for Greene County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 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
- Oct 13, 2012, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Greene County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 8:53 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Ssw Willard, MO | A BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO WITH WINDS ESTIMATED UP TO 80 MPH TOUCHED DOWN IN RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF WILLARD OFF STATE HWY AB AND FARM ROAD 94. SEVERAL TREES AND LARGE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN IN ALL DIRECTIONS. SEVERAL HOUSES HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO SI |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 729 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 420 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
770
WFUS53 KSGF 140143
TORSGF
MOC077-140215-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0028.121014T0143Z-121014T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
843 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 840 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF ASH GROVE...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE POSSIBLE. MOBILE
HOMES COMPLETELY DESTROYED IF HIT. SOME TREES UPROOTED OR
SNAPPED. VEHICLES WILL LIKELY BE THROWN BY TORNADIC WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASH GROVE...BOIS D'ARC...CAVE SPRINGS...EBENEZER...EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN SPRINGFIELD...GLIDEWELL...SACVILLE...WALNUT GROVE AND
WILLARD.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 61 AND 74 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THIS DANGEROUS STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3720 9358 3729 9362 3743 9362 3741 9314
3715 9350
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 217DEG 35KT 3722 9352
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
WISE3 follow-up statements
110
WWUS53 KSGF 140156
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
856 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
MOC077-140215-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-121014T0215Z/
GREENE MO-
856 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL GREENE
COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 854 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WILLARD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE POSSIBLE. MOBILE HOMES
COMPLETELY DESTROYED IF HIT. SOME TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.
VEHICLES WILL LIKELY BE THROWN BY TORNADIC WINDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAVE SPRINGS...EBENEZER...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SPRINGFIELD...
GLIDEWELL...SACVILLE AND WILLARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3726 9337 3729 9351 3742 9346 3741 9314
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 221DEG 35KT 3730 9341
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
WISE235
WWUS53 KSGF 140158
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
858 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
MOC077-140215-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-121014T0215Z/
GREENE MO-
858 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL GREENE
COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 854 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WILLARD...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE POSSIBLE. MOBILE HOMES
COMPLETELY DESTROYED IF HIT. SOME TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.
VEHICLES WILL LIKELY BE THROWN BY TORNADIC WINDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAVE SPRINGS...EBENEZER...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SPRINGFIELD...
GLIDEWELL...SACVILLE AND WILLARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3726 9337 3729 9351 3742 9346 3741 9314
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 222DEG 34KT 3732 9340
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
WISE699 WWUS53 KSGF 140207 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 907 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 MOC077-140217- /O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-121014T0215Z/ GREENE MO- 907 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3726 9337 3729 9351 3742 9346 3741 9314 TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 222DEG 34KT 3738 9333 $$ WISE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 55 min |
| Oct 13, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 52 min |
| Oct 13, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade | 53 min |
| Oct 13, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Lawrence | 50 min |
| Oct 13, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 33 min |
| Oct 13, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 26 min |
| Oct 13, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Dade, Greene, Polk | 48 min |
| Oct 13, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Polk | 37 min |
| Oct 13, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Webster | 42 min |
| Oct 13, 9:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Laclede | 65 min |
| Oct 13, 9:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 5 hr |
| Oct 13, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Wright | 25 min |
| Oct 13, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Jasper | 52 min |
| Oct 13, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 33 min |
| Oct 13, 10:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene | 6 hr |
| Oct 13, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 29 min |
| Oct 13, 10:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Webster | 5 hr |
| Oct 13, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 57 min |
| Oct 14, 3:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Greene, Webster | 9 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.