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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2014, 8:42 PM CDT for Laclede County, Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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
- Mar 27, 2014, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2014, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Laclede County, MO, Pulaski County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 543 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1053 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
224
WFUS53 KSGF 280142
TORSGF
MOC105-169-280215-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0004.140328T0142Z-140328T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
842 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
WEST CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 840 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 24 MILES WEST OF FORT LEONARD WOOD...AND MOVING
EAST AT 45 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...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN FORT LEONARD WOOD.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 129 AND 152 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED
BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM.
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 3760 9224 3770 9265 3781 9258 3781 9256
3780 9256 3784 9227
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 275DEG 39KT 3772 9257
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BOXELL2 follow-up statements
450
WWUS53 KSGF 280157
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
857 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
MOC105-169-280215-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140328T0215Z/
LACLEDE MO-PULASKI MO-
857 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN PULASKI AND
EAST CENTRAL LACLEDE COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 854 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF FORT LEONARD WOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN FORT LEONARD WOOD AND LAQUEY.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 144 AND 152 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED
BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3784 9227 3761 9224 3760 9225 3767 9252
3780 9241
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 275DEG 39KT 3770 9237
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BOXELL413
WWUS53 KSGF 280203
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
903 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
MOC105-169-280213-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140328T0215Z/
LACLEDE MO-PULASKI MO-
903 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PULASKI AND EAST CENTRAL
LACLEDE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN SPRINGFIELD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3784 9227 3761 9224 3760 9225 3767 9252
3780 9241
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 275DEG 39KT 3769 9229
$$
BOXELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dallas, Hickory, Polk | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Pulaski | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Lawrence, Stone | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Shannon | 31 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.