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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Springfield, MO

April 3, 2014Maries County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2014, 7:06 PM CDT for Maries County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 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: Apr 3, 2014, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2014, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

County Maries County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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
Apr 3, 1:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 233 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 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.

950 
WFUS53 KSGF 040006
TORSGF
MOC125-040030-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0011.140404T0006Z-140404T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
706 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 702 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VIENNA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BELLE AROUND 720 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3829 9163 3820 9164 3808 9189 3823 9202
      3830 9190 3830 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 236DEG 34KT 3821 9184

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

DSA

1 follow-up statement

211 
WWUS53 KSGF 040025
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
725 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

MOC125-040035-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140404T0030Z/
MARIES MO-
725 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MARIES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730
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 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3829 9163 3820 9164 3808 9189 3823 9202
      3830 9190 3830 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 236DEG 34KT 3831 9165

$$

DSA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede, Pulaski	50 min
Apr 3, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	25 min
Apr 3, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Pulaski	38 min
Apr 3, 7:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller, Pulaski	4 hr
Apr 3, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps, Pulaski	40 min
Apr 3, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark	44 min
Apr 3, 7:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Phelps, Pulaski	4 hr
Apr 3, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	51 min
Apr 3, 8:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan, St. Clair	12 hr
Apr 3, 9:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Oregon	44 min

Nearby

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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.