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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2015, 12:14 AM CDT for Douglas County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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
- Apr 3, 2015, 12:14 AM CDT (05:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2015, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Douglas County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 12:18 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Drury, MO | TREES DOWN. |
| Apr 3, 12:26 AM CDT | TORNADO | Ssw Vanzant, MO | A TORNADO RATED EF-1 TRACKED FROM 0.4 MI SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VANZANT FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES BEFORE LIFTING 0.9 MI SOUTHEAST OF VANZANT. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED...NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED AND POWERLINES WERE BLOWN OVER. |
| Apr 3, 12:32 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | Vanzant, MO | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 95 AND ROUTE W. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1838 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
448
WFUS53 KSGF 030514
TORSGF
MOC067-030545-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0012.150403T0514Z-150403T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1214 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
* AT 1213 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY...AND MOVING EAST
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...
BRUSHYKNOB...DRURY AND VANZANT.
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 3689 9250 3697 9253 3703 9252 3705 9209
3683 9210 3685 9210
TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 274DEG 33KT 3699 9247 3695 9242
3692 9242
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
WISE1 follow-up statement
935
WWUS53 KSGF 030528
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1228 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
MOC067-030545-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-150403T0545Z/
DOUGLAS MO-
1228 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS
COUNTY UNTIL 1245 AM CDT...
AT 1225 AM CDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY TO EAST CENTRAL DOUGLAS
COUNTY...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DRURY AND VANZANT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3687 9234 3696 9237 3703 9239 3705 9209
3683 9210 3685 9210
TIME...MOT...LOC 0527Z 273DEG 30KT 3698 9232 3695 9227
3692 9228
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
WISEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 55 min |
| Apr 2, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 23 min |
| Apr 2, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Polk | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dade, Lawrence | 23 min |
| Apr 2, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene, Lawrence | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 12:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 12:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 12:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark, Taney | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 12:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Shannon | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 1:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 1:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Oregon, Shannon | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Newton | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 2:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Newton | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone, Taney | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Stone, Taney | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 4:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence, Stone | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Ozark, Taney | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 5:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 7:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper | 39 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence, Stone | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton, Stone | 9 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Miller and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Dallas, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Ozark and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:13 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence, Stone | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Ozark, Texas, Wright | 18 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton, Stone | 18 hr |
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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.