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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO

January 16, 2012Miller County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 16, 2012, 11:58 PM CST for Miller County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 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: Jan 16, 2012, 11:58 PM CST (05:58 UTC)
Expired: Jan 17, 2012, 12:45 AM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Miller County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:00 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
Jan 17, 12:45 AM CST	HAIL 1	Brumley, MO
Jan 17, 12:55 AM CST	HAIL 1.25	Iberia, MO	QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL

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
Jan 16, 11:47 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1205 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

331 
WFUS53 KSGF 170558
TORSGF
MOC131-170645-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0004.120117T0558Z-120117T0645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1158 PM CST MON JAN 16 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1245 AM CST.

* AT 1155 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KAISER...OR NEAR CAMDENTON...MOVING
  EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BRUMLEY...IBERIA...KAISER...MARYS
  HOME...SAINT ELIZABETH...TUSCUMBIA AND ULMAN.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LAKE OF THE OZARKS STATE PARK
AND LAKE OF THE OZARKS. 

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 3833 9219 3802 9218 3802 9251 3805 9253
      3807 9257 3809 9257 3810 9259 3817 9260
      3817 9264 3820 9264 3835 9229 3833 9226
      3834 9220
TIME...MOT...LOC 0558Z 251DEG 51KT 3806 9268
HAIL 1.00IN

$$

CRAMER

1 follow-up statement

514 
WWUS53 KSGF 170626
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1226 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

MOC131-170645-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120117T0645Z/
MILLER MO-
1226 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CST FOR MILLER 
COUNTY...

AT 1225 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF IBERIA...OR 20 MILES EAST OF
OSAGE BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

&&

LAT...LON 3816 9220 3816 9218 3803 9218 3802 9219
      3802 9251 3805 9253 3807 9257 3809 9257
      3810 9259 3818 9260 3833 9219
TIME...MOT...LOC 0626Z 251DEG 51KT 3816 9224
HAIL 1.00IN

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 16, 10:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair	25 min
Jan 16, 11:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	35 min
Jan 16, 11:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas	46 min
Jan 16, 11:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Hickory	20 min
Jan 17, 12:18 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden	42 min
Jan 17, 12:22 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Maries	53 min
Jan 17, 12:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Miller, Pulaski	29 min
Jan 17, 12:57 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Maries	48 min
Jan 17, 1:34 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Phelps	12 min
Jan 17, 2:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede	50 min
Jan 17, 3:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Pulaski	33 min
Jan 17, 3:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	41 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.