Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2014, 6:34 PM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 26 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 27, 2014, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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 27, 11:23 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.
638
WFUS53 KSGF 272334
TORSGF
MOC217-280000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0023.140427T2334Z-140428T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
634 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 634 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEVADA...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. A TORNADO WAS
REPORTED SOUTHWEST OF NEVADA.
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...
HARWOOD...HORTON...NEVADA...SCHELL CITY AND WALKER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3805 9432 3804 9409 3804 9406 3782 9407
3775 9440 3783 9450
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 228DEG 36KT 3782 9434
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BOXELL1 follow-up statement
611
WWUS53 KSGF 272347
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
647 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014
MOC217-280000-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140428T0000Z/
VERNON MO-
647 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN VERNON COUNTY
UNTIL 700 PM CDT...
AT 646 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WALKER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARWOOD...HORTON...NEVADA...SCHELL CITY AND WALKER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3796 9439 3805 9432 3804 9406 3782 9407
3780 9439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 228DEG 36KT 3791 9421
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
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, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 23 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, 6:59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.