Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2014, 9:01 PM CDT for Oregon County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 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, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2014, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Oregon County, MO
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
975
WFUS53 KSGF 040201
TORSGF
MOC149-040245-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0013.140404T0201Z-140404T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
901 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 857 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF THAYER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS 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...
COUCH...MYRTLE...THAYER AND WILDERNESS.
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 3667 9137 3682 9112 3682 9111 3658 9111
3650 9112 3649 9113 3650 9158
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 236DEG 48KT 3640 9151
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
CRAMER3 follow-up statements
419
WWUS53 KSGF 040213
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
913 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
MOC149-040245-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140404T0245Z/
OREGON MO-
913 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN OREGON COUNTY
UNTIL 945 PM CDT...
AT 911 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF THAYER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COUCH...MYRTLE...THAYER AND WILDERNESS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3667 9137 3682 9112 3682 9111 3658 9111
3650 9112 3649 9113 3650 9158
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 236DEG 48KT 3649 9134
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
CRAMER869
WWUS53 KSGF 040225
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
925 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
MOC149-040245-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140404T0245Z/
OREGON MO-
925 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN OREGON COUNTY
UNTIL 945 PM CDT...
AT 920 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MYRTLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD.
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...
THAYER AND RURAL SOUTHEAST OREGON COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3667 9137 3682 9112 3682 9111 3658 9111
3650 9112 3649 9113 3650 9158
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 236DEG 48KT 3657 9119
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$447
WWUS53 KSGF 040231
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
931 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
MOC149-040241-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140404T0245Z/
OREGON MO-
931 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OREGON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3667 9137 3682 9112 3682 9111 3658 9111
3650 9112 3649 9113 3650 9158
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 236DEG 48KT 3662 9109
$$
CRAMERThe 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, 7:22 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 |
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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.