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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

April 27, 2014Jasper County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2014, 6:17 PM CDT for Jasper County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 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, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2014, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.25 in

County Jasper County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 6:35 PM CDTHAIL 1.5Reeds, MOHAIL FROM QUARTER UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE REPORTED IN REEDS.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 27, 11:23 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 44 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2014-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1412 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2014-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 369 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

668 
WFUS53 KSGF 272317
TORSGF
MOC097-272345-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0021.140427T2317Z-140427T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
617 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 612 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SARCOXIE...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
  AVILLA...FIDELITY...LA RUSSELL...MAPLE GROVE...REEDS AND SARCOXIE.

INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 32 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THIS DANGEROUS STORM.

THERE IS ANOTHER STORM AND TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN JASPER 
COUNTY.

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 3729 9421 3727 9405 3705 9406 3705 9408
      3706 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 220DEG 36KT 3698 9430

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

$$

WISE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 12:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFLawrence28 min
Apr 27, 12:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence52 min
Apr 27, 12:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Taney51 min
Apr 27, 12:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFCedar, Dade27 min
Apr 27, 1:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDallas, Polk25 min
Apr 27, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDouglas31 min
Apr 27, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Morgan47 min
Apr 27, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper52 min
Apr 27, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon31 min
Apr 27, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarton30 min
Apr 27, 3:23 PM CDTFlood WatchSGFHowell, Oregon, Shannon11 hr
Apr 27, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair52 min
Apr 27, 4:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFSt. Clair6 hr
Apr 27, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Ozark34 min
Apr 27, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Howell, Texas28 min
Apr 27, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Shannon, Texas38 min
Apr 27, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Howell, Ozark, Shannon, Texas36 min
Apr 27, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Shannon, Texas26 min
Apr 27, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton41 min
Apr 27, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon25 min
Apr 27, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFVernon38 min
Apr 27, 5:38 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSGFJasper37 min
Apr 27, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton36 min
Apr 27, 5:49 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSGFJasper, Newton26 min
Apr 27, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFNewton25 min
Apr 27, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarton, Jasper23 min
Apr 27, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon51 min
Apr 27, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton31 min
Apr 27, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence, Newton45 min
Apr 27, 6:34 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSGFVernon26 min
Apr 27, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade46 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.