Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2014, 5:18 PM CDT for Miller County, Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 27, 2014, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 5:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Barnett, MO | |
| Mar 27, 5:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 N Eldon, MO | TIME OF EVENT ESTIMATED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 12:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 688 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 699 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
397
WFUS53 KSGF 272218
TORSGF
MOC131-141-272245-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0003.140327T2218Z-140327T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
518 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
EAST CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 516 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF ELDON...AND MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD.
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...
AURORA SPRINGS...BARNETT...ELDON...ETTERVILLE...MARYS HOME AND
OLEAN.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES LAKE OF THE OZARKS.
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 3843 9241 3842 9240 3834 9240 3834 9228
3833 9223 3834 9220 3833 9219 3829 9219
3830 9273 3833 9276 3838 9275 3844 9258
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 261DEG 43KT 3834 9267
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
CRAMER2 follow-up statements
543
WWUS53 KSGF 272227
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
527 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
MOC141-272237-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140327T2245Z/
MORGAN MO-
527 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3843 9241 3842 9240 3834 9240 3833 9223
3834 9220 3829 9219 3830 9258 3831 9264
3842 9263 3844 9258
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 261DEG 43KT 3835 9256
$$
MOC131-272245-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140327T2245Z/
MILLER MO-
527 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MILLER COUNTY
UNTIL 545 PM CDT...
AT 524 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ELDON...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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...
AURORA SPRINGS...ELDON...ETTERVILLE...MARYS HOME AND OLEAN.
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 MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3843 9241 3842 9240 3834 9240 3833 9223
3834 9220 3829 9219 3830 9258 3831 9264
3842 9263 3844 9258
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 261DEG 43KT 3835 9256
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
CRAMER159
WWUS53 KSGF 272238
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
538 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
MOC131-272249-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140327T2245Z/
MILLER MO-
538 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MILLER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 545
PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3843 9241 3842 9240 3834 9240 3833 9223
3834 9220 3829 9219 3830 9258 3831 9264
3842 9263 3844 9258
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 261DEG 43KT 3837 9238
$$
CRAMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:19 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 16 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Morgan | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 29 min |
| Mar 27, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Morgan | 20 min |
| Mar 27, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Morgan | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Morgan | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller, Morgan | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 23 min |
| Mar 27, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Morgan | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Cedar, Hickory | 23 min |
| Mar 27, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence | 33 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.