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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 1, 2014, 6:34 PM CDT for Benton County, Missouri. It was in force for 26 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
- Oct 1, 2014, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Benton County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 6:37 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Lincoln, MO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.
760
WFUS53 KSGF 012334
TORSGF
MOC015-020000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0028.141001T2334Z-141002T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
634 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 630 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLN...AND MOVING EAST
AT 30 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...
EDMONSON...LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS...LINCOLN...PALO PINTO...WARSAW AND
ZORA.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES LAKE OF THE OZARKS...TRUMAN LAKE AND
TRUMAN STATE PARK.
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 3844 9307 3836 9307 3825 9308 3823 9348
3841 9350
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 264DEG 27KT 3833 9337
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
BOXELL1 follow-up statement
553
WWUS53 KSGF 012345
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
645 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
MOC015-020000-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-141002T0000Z/
BENTON MO-
645 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY
UNTIL 700 PM CDT...
AT 642 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LINCOLN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EDMONSON...LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS...LINCOLN AND ZORA.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES LAKE OF THE OZARKS.
IN ADDITION...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR LINCOLN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3844 9307 3825 9308 3824 9334 3841 9335
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 264DEG 27KT 3834 9326
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
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, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 34 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.