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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Springfield, MO

April 3, 2015Ozark County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2015, 1:05 AM CDT for Ozark County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 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: Apr 3, 2015, 1:05 AM CDT (06:05 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2015, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Ozark County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 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.

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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

642 
WFUS53 KSGF 030605
TORSGF
MOC153-030645-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0016.150403T0605Z-150403T0645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
105 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 102 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A       
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF GAINESVILLE...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...
  BRIXEY...SYCAMORE...TECUMSEH AND ZANONI.

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 3656 9230 3660 9239 3662 9243 3669 9249
      3674 9244 3676 9236 3677 9211 3654 9212
      3653 9213
TIME...MOT...LOC 0605Z 274DEG 32KT 3668 9238

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CRAMER

2 follow-up statements

838 
WWUS53 KSGF 030617
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
117 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

MOC153-030645-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150403T0645Z/
OZARK MO-
117 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL OZARK COUNTY
UNTIL 145 AM CDT...

AT 116 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL OZARK 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...
SYCAMORE...TECUMSEH AND ZANONI.

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 200 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3657 9233 3662 9236 3667 9237 3670 9235
      3672 9230 3671 9211 3654 9212 3653 9213
      3656 9228 3657 9231
TIME...MOT...LOC 0617Z 282DEG 31KT 3663 9226

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CRAMER

888 
WWUS53 KSGF 030641
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
141 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

MOC153-030652-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150403T0645Z/
OZARK MO-
141 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN OZARK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 145 AM
CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3657 9233 3662 9236 3667 9237 3670 9235
      3672 9230 3671 9211 3654 9212 3653 9213
      3656 9228 3657 9231
TIME...MOT...LOC 0642Z 282DEG 31KT 3659 9200

$$

CRAMER

The 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 Tornado observed	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, 12:39 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, 1:25 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

Nearby

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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.