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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Springfield, MO

April 3, 2014Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2014, 7:22 PM CDT for Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 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: Apr 3, 2014, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

County Pulaski County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Apr 3, 7:31 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Fort Leonard Wood, MO	REPORTED AT EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.

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 3, 1:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

951 
WFUS53 KSGF 040022
TORSGF
MOC169-040100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0012.140404T0022Z-140404T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 721 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTERN FORT LEONARD WOOD...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 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.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DEVIL'S ELBOW AND FORT LEONARD WOOD.

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 3771 9203 3764 9203 3761 9223 3773 9231
      3788 9202 3771 9202
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 236DEG 38KT 3770 9218

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

$$

DSA

1 follow-up statement

249 
WWUS53 KSGF 040037
SVSSGF

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

MOC169-040047-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140404T0100Z/
PULASKI MO-
737 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNING AREA. 

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 3771 9203 3764 9203 3761 9223 3773 9231
      3788 9202 3771 9202
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 236DEG 38KT 3778 9202

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 7:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Maries	24 min
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, 7:34 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

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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.