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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2015, 12:39 AM CDT for Douglas County, Howell County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 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, 12:39 AM CDT (05:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2015, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 12:51 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pomona, MO | HOUSE HEAVILY DAMAGED, TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Apr 3, 12:52 AM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nnw Pomona, MO | RATING: EF-2 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.6 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 440 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: APR 03 2015 START TIME: 1252 AM CDT START LOCATION: 3 MI NORTH NORTHWEST OF POMONA START LAT/LON: 36.91225 N / -91. |
| Apr 3, 12:57 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pomona, MO | POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN POMONA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.
066
WFUS53 KSGF 030539
TORSGF
MOC067-091-030615-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0013.150403T0539Z-150403T0615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1239 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
NORTHERN HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 115 AM CDT
* AT 1236 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF WILLOW SPRINGS...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...
POMONA...WHITE CHURCH AND WILLOW SPRINGS.
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.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3686 9217 3705 9216 3706 9191 3704 9179
3685 9177
TIME...MOT...LOC 0539Z 267DEG 35KT 3696 9218
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
LINDENBERG1 follow-up statement
651
WWUS53 KSGF 030550
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1250 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
MOC067-030600-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150403T0615Z/
DOUGLAS MO-
1250 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3686 9210 3700 9210 3705 9209 3706 9205
3706 9196 3704 9179 3685 9177
TIME...MOT...LOC 0550Z 268DEG 38KT 3696 9203
$$
MOC091-030615-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150403T0615Z/
HOWELL MO-
1250 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN HOWELL COUNTY
UNTIL 115 AM CDT...
AT 1247 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF WILLOW SPRINGS...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...
POMONA...WHITE CHURCH AND WILLOW SPRINGS.
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.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3686 9210 3700 9210 3705 9209 3706 9205
3706 9196 3704 9179 3685 9177
TIME...MOT...LOC 0550Z 268DEG 38KT 3696 9203
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
LINDENBERGThe 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, 12:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas | 31 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.