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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 1, 2014, 6:26 PM CDT for Benton County, Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 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
- Oct 1, 2014, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Benton County, MO, Morgan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1166 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
025
WFUS53 KSGF 012326
TORSGF
MOC015-141-020000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0027.141001T2326Z-141002T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
626 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 624 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF COLE
CAMP TO COLE CAMP...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
COLE CAMP...CROCKERVILLE...FLORENCE...IONIA...MORA...STOVER AND
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 9284 3868 9283 3860 9283 3857 9280
3844 9279 3840 9332 3851 9333 3851 9330
3854 9329 3854 9307 3868 9307 3870 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 254DEG 29KT 3862 9321 3845 9318
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BOXELL1 follow-up statement
277
WWUS53 KSGF 012347
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
647 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
MOC015-141-020000-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-141002T0000Z/
BENTON MO-MORGAN MO-
647 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MORGAN AND
NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...
AT 644 PM CDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF STOVER TO STOVER...AND MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLE CAMP...CROCKERVILLE...FLORENCE...MORA...STOVER AND SYRACUSE.
AN ADDITIONAL TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN BENTON
COUNTY FOR ANOTHER PORTION OF THIS THUNDERSTORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3869 9284 3868 9283 3860 9283 3857 9280
3844 9279 3841 9332 3842 9332 3854 9322
3854 9307 3868 9307 3870 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 254DEG 29KT 3866 9301 3849 9298
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BOXELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 1:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 1, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Morgan | 26 min |
| Oct 1, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 26 min |
| Oct 1, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 52 min |
| Oct 1, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton | 26 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.