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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2014, 6:07 PM CDT for Barton County, Jasper County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 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 27, 2014, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2014, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 6:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 W Lamar, MO | TIN OBSERVED IN TREES |
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 27, 11:23 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1412 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -304 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
593
WFUS53 KSGF 272307
TORSGF
MOC011-097-272330-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0020.140427T2307Z-140427T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
607 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 603 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF JASPER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 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...
ASBURY...BOSTON...IANTHA...JASPER...NASHVILLE...NECK CITY...OAKTON
AND WACO.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADO DAMAGE ACROSS EASTERN
KANSAS. IF A TORNADO IS NOT ALREADY ON THE GROUND...ONE MAY FORM AT
ANY MOMENT.
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 3761 9441 3732 9414 3720 9462 3739 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 216DEG 40KT 3731 9454
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
BOXELL1 follow-up statement
334
WWUS53 KSGF 272320
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
620 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014
MOC097-272329-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-140427T2330Z/
JASPER MO-
620 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
HOWEVER...A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN JASPER
COUNTY FOR A STORM MOVING OUT OF NEWTON COUNTY!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3761 9441 3736 9418 3735 9418 3736 9459
3737 9462 3739 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 216DEG 40KT 3743 9443
$$
MOC011-272330-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-140427T2330Z/
BARTON MO-
620 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN BARTON COUNTY
UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 616 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL BARTON COUNTY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 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...
BOSTON...IANTHA...NASHVILLE AND OAKTON.
A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR NASHVILLE.
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.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3761 9441 3736 9418 3735 9418 3736 9459
3737 9462 3739 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 216DEG 40KT 3743 9443
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
BOXELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 12:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Lawrence | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 12:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 12:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Taney | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 12:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Cedar, Dade | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dallas, Polk | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 1:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Douglas | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barton | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 3:23 PM CDT | Flood Watch | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Shannon | 11 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 4:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Texas | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Shannon, Texas | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Vernon | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Newton | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Vernon | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 46 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.