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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Springfield, MO

May 17, 2015Cedar County, Dade County, Polk County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2015, 1:46 AM CDT for Cedar County, Dade County, Polk County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 min. 4 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: May 17, 2015, 1:46 AM CDT (06:46 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2015, 2:15 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Polk County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 17, 1:53 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nnw Cane Hill, MO	TREE LIMBS UP TO 10 INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN AT STOCKTON STATE PARK. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
May 17, 2:07 AM CDT	TORNADO 0	4 E Dunnegan, MO	AN EF0 RATED TORNADO OCCURRED EAST OF DUNNEGAN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MAY 17. MULTIPLE TREES WERE DAMAGED IN THE AREA...WITH DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS OF 75 TO 80 MPH. THE TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH OF JUST UNDER ONE MILE...WITH A WIDTH OF 100 TO
May 17, 2:11 AM CDT	TORNADO	6 E Humansville, MO	A NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND AN EF-0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN SOUTHEAST OF FLEMINGTON. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR SOUTH 85TH ROAD AND 330TH ROAD AND LIFTED NEAR SOUTH 95TH ROAD AND HWY V. A COUPLE OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TREES HAD TREE DAMAGE
May 17, 2:16 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Ese Humansville, MO	TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY O NORTH OF BOLIVAR.

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
May 16, 10:21 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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: 1727 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 11.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

832 
WFUS53 KSGF 170646
TORSGF
MOC039-057-167-170715-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0022.150517T0646Z-150517T0715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
146 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 145 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 16 MILES WEST OF FAIR PLAY...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST 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...
  ARCOLA...BEARCREEK...BOLIVAR...BONA...CANE HILL...DUNNEGAN...FAIR
  PLAY...MASTERS...NEOLA AND UMBER VIEW HEIGHTS.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES STOCKTON LAKE AND STOCKTON STATE PARK. 

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 3756 9394 3782 9347 3781 9346 3761 9338
      3743 9387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0646Z 243DEG 38KT 3755 9383

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

$$

SCHAUMANN

1 follow-up statement

377 
WWUS53 KSGF 170653
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
153 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

MOC039-057-167-170715-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-150517T0715Z/
CEDAR MO-POLK MO-DADE MO-
153 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN DADE...
NORTHWESTERN POLK AND SOUTHEASTERN CEDAR COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT...

AT 150 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF FAIR PLAY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
BEARCREEK...BOLIVAR...BONA...CANE HILL...DUNNEGAN...FAIR PLAY...
FLEMINGTON AND MASTERS.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES STOCKTON LAKE AND STOCKTON STATE PARK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF ON OR NEAR STOCKTON LAKE...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE TO 
SHELTER. TORNADOES CAN MOVE ACROSS WATER. IF YOU CAN HEAR 
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. BOATS CAN 
BE SWAMPED BY LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES CAUSED BY A TORNADO...EVEN ON 
SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3761 9338 3750 9377 3761 9384 3781 9348
      3781 9346
TIME...MOT...LOC 0653Z 243DEG 38KT 3760 9373

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

$$

SCHAUMANN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	55 min
May 17, 12:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	48 min
May 17, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, McDonald, Newton	37 min
May 17, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Cedar, Hickory, St. Clair	46 min
May 17, 12:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	23 min
May 17, 1:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	35 min
May 17, 1:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper	47 min
May 17, 1:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton	44 min
May 17, 1:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton	46 min
May 17, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone	31 min
May 17, 1:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Lawrence	26 min
May 17, 1:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	64 min
May 17, 2:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Dallas, Greene, Lawrence, Polk and 3 more	52 min
May 17, 2:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Greene	17 min
May 17, 2:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	25 min
May 17, 2:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Miller, Morgan	57 min
May 17, 2:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Webster, Wright	61 min
May 17, 3:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Morgan, Phelps and 1 more	66 min
May 17, 3:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Texas, Wright	55 min
May 17, 4:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	5 days
May 17, 4:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	4 days
May 17, 8:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Bates, Vernon	19 days

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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.