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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO

March 27, 2014Morgan County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2014, 4:40 PM CDT for Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 20 min. 2 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: Mar 27, 2014, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County Morgan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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
Mar 27, 4:43 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 W Syracuse, MO	QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED JUST WEST OF SYRACUSE.
Mar 27, 4:43 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 W Syracuse, MO	QUARTER SIZED HIAL REPORTED JUST WEST OF SYRACUSE.

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
Mar 27, 12:54 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 211 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: 786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 688 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 699 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.

445 
WFUS53 KSGF 272140
TORSGF
MOC141-272200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0002.140327T2140Z-140327T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
440 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 436 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
  SYRACUSE.

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 3869 9297 3869 9284 3868 9283 3863 9283
      3862 9301 3865 9302 3870 9301 3870 9297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 266DEG 42KT 3865 9290

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

CRAMER

1 follow-up statement

629 
WWUS53 KSGF 272153
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
453 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

MOC141-272204-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140327T2200Z/
MORGAN MO-
453 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
500 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN
MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3869 9297 3869 9284 3868 9283 3863 9283
      3862 9301 3865 9302 3870 9301 3870 9297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 266DEG 42KT 3866 9269

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 7:19 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	SGF	Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 16 more	23 hr
Mar 27, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	43 min
Mar 27, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	43 min
Mar 27, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	29 min
Mar 27, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	40 min
Mar 27, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	34 min
Mar 27, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Miller, Morgan	27 min
Mar 27, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	25 min
Mar 27, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	37 min
Mar 27, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller, Morgan	35 min
Mar 27, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	47 min
Mar 27, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	43 min
Mar 27, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Benton, Morgan	23 min
Mar 27, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Morgan	41 min
Mar 27, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Cedar, Hickory	23 min
Mar 27, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence	33 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.