Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 18, 2013, 1:24 AM CDT for McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 min. 3 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
- Apr 18, 2013, 1:24 AM CDT (06:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2013, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 1:50 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Seneca, MO | |
| Apr 18, 2:03 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Goodman, MO | |
| Apr 18, 2:06 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Saginaw, MO | TREE AND POWER POLES DOWN IN THE SAGINAW AREA. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 1964 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1350 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 9.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
350
WFUS53 KSGF 180624
TORSGF
MOC119-145-180700-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0006.130418T0624Z-130418T0700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
124 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 120 AM CDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER GRAND
LAKE OKLAHOMA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. THIS LINE SEGMENT HAS A HISTORY
OF PRODUCING TORNADOES ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANDERSON...CLIFF VILLAGE...DENNIS ACRES...DIAMOND...FAIRVIEW...
GOODMAN...GRANBY...LANAGAN...LEAWOOD...NEOSHO...NEWTONIA...NOEL...
PINEVILLE...POWELL...RACINE...REDINGS MILL...RITCHEY...ROCKY
COMFORT...SAGINAW...SENECA...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...SHOAL CREEK
ESTATES...SILVER CREEK...SOUTH WEST CITY...SOUTHERN JOPLIN...STARK
CITY...STELLA AND WENTWORTH.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES BIG SUGAR CREEK STATE PARK. INTERSTATE 44
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 6 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY THESE DANGEROUS
STORMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3650 9427 3649 9462 3700 9463 3702 9461
3706 9462 3705 9406 3650 9407 3649 9412
3649 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0621Z 233DEG 56KT 3682 9486 3675 9475
3663 9472 3645 9476
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
CRAMER1 follow-up statement
594
WWUS53 KSGF 180647
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
147 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013
MOC119-145-180700-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130418T0700Z/
MCDONALD MO-NEWTON MO-
147 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NEWTON AND MCDONALD
COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...
AT 143 AM CDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL JOPLIN TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DIAMOND TO NEOSHO TO ANDERSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES...INCLUDING A LIKELY TORNADO DURING THE LAST 10
MINUTES IN DELAWARE COUNTY OKLAHOMA.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANDERSON...CLIFF VILLAGE...DENNIS ACRES...DIAMOND...FAIRVIEW...
GOODMAN...GRANBY...LANAGAN...LEAWOOD...NEOSHO...NEWTONIA...NOEL...
PINEVILLE...POWELL...RACINE...REDINGS MILL...RITCHEY...ROCKY
COMFORT...SAGINAW...SENECA...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...SHOAL CREEK
ESTATES...SILVER CREEK...SOUTH WEST CITY...SOUTHERN JOPLIN...STARK
CITY...STELLA AND WENTWORTH.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES BIG SUGAR CREEK STATE PARK. INTERSTATE 44
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 6 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY THESE DANGEROUS
STORMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3650 9427 3649 9462 3700 9463 3702 9461
3706 9462 3705 9406 3650 9407 3649 9412
3649 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0646Z 233DEG 56KT 3705 9447 3698 9436
3686 9433 3668 9437
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
BOXELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 1:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper | 48 min |
| Apr 18, 1:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 2:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Dade, Lawrence | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 2:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Polk | 57 min |
| Apr 18, 3:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 3 days |
| Apr 18, 5:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 6:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Stone, Taney | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 6:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Taney | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 6:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Douglas | 27 min |
| Apr 18, 7:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Taney | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 7:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Taney | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 7:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Hickory, Miller, Morgan, St. Clair | 10 hr |
| Apr 18, 7:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory, Lawrence, Polk and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 25 min |
| Apr 18, 8:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Phelps | 65 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon, Shannon | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 11:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Howell, Shannon, Texas | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Stone, Taney, Texas and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 46 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 21 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Dent, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon, Texas | 18 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon | 25 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Stone, Taney, Wright | 18 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.