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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO

January 29, 2013Ozark County, Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 29, 2013, 4:55 PM CST for Ozark County, Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 20 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 29, 2013, 4:55 PM CST (22:55 UTC)
Expired: Jan 29, 2013, 5:15 PM CST
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Ozark County, MO, Taney County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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.

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 29, 12:35 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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: 285 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 1.4

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The text

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

897 
WFUS53 KSGF 292255
TORSGF
MOC153-213-292315-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0004.130129T2255Z-130129T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
455 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  EAST CENTRAL TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 515 PM CST

* AT 452 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL TANEY COUNTY...AND MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

  HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  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...
  LONG RUN...NOBLE...THORNFIELD AND WASOLA.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3672 9300 3681 9273 3680 9257 3665 9254
      3663 9298
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 258DEG 30KT 3670 9287

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KARDELL

1 follow-up statement

533 
WWUS53 KSGF 292314
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
514 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

MOC153-213-292325-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130129T2315Z/
OZARK MO-TANEY MO-
514 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TANEY AND NORTHWESTERN OZARK
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

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 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3672 9300 3681 9273 3680 9257 3665 9254
      3663 9298
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 258DEG 30KT 3673 9268

$$

KARDELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 29, 10:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	51 min
Jan 29, 10:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair	44 min
Jan 29, 10:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair	16 min
Jan 29, 11:16 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory, St. Clair	29 min
Jan 29, 11:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory	49 min
Jan 29, 11:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Camden, Miller, Morgan	59 min
Jan 29, 11:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Morgan	39 min
Jan 29, 1:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Maries	33 min
Jan 29, 2:21 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Greene	3 hr
Jan 29, 4:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	48 min
Jan 29, 4:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney	39 min
Jan 29, 4:52 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Greene	3 hr
Jan 29, 5:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark	47 min
Jan 29, 5:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Texas	51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.