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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Springfield, MO

April 3, 2015Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2015, 1:25 AM CDT for Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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, 1:25 AM CDT (06:25 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2015, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Oregon County, MO, Shannon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:28 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, 1:26 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 S Birch Tree, MO	SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 99. TIME 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
Apr 2, 7:02 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 227 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.

447 
WFUS53 KSGF 030625
TORSGF
MOC149-203-030700-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0017.150403T0625Z-150403T0700Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 124 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BIRCH TREE...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...
  BIRCH TREE...GREER...MONTIER AND WINONA.

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 3673 9112 3682 9166 3707 9160 3702 9121
      3684 9122 3683 9112 3682 9111 3678 9111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0626Z 277DEG 40KT 3695 9147

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

LINDENBERG

2 follow-up statements

774 
WWUS53 KSGF 030644
SVSSGF

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

MOC149-203-030700-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150403T0700Z/
OREGON MO-SHANNON MO-
144 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SHANNON AND
NORTHEASTERN OREGON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

AT 142 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINONA...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...
GREER AND WINONA.

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 300 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3673 9112 3678 9143 3704 9139 3702 9121
      3684 9122 3683 9112 3682 9111 3678 9111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0644Z 277DEG 40KT 3693 9122

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

LINDENBERG

373 
WWUS53 KSGF 030651
SVSSGF

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

MOC203-030701-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150403T0700Z/
SHANNON MO-
151 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SHANNON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3673 9112 3678 9143 3679 9143 3684 9132
      3685 9125 3684 9122 3683 9112 3682 9111
      3678 9111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0651Z 277DEG 40KT 3692 9112

$$

MOC149-030700-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150403T0700Z/
OREGON MO-
151 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OREGON COUNTY
UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

AT 150 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL CARTER COUNTY...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...
GREER.

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 300 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3673 9112 3678 9143 3679 9143 3684 9132
      3685 9125 3684 9122 3683 9112 3682 9111
      3678 9111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0651Z 277DEG 40KT 3692 9112

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

LINDENBERG

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, 1:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Ozark	40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.