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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Springfield, MO

May 24, 2015Benton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2015, 12:42 PM CDT for Benton County, Missouri. It was in force for 18 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: May 24, 2015, 12:42 PM CDT (17:42 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Benton County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 183 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 259 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

413 
WFUS53 KSGF 241742
TORSGF
MOC015-241800-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0026.150524T1742Z-150524T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1242 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1240 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN HENRY COUNTY...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST 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.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PALO PINTO AROUND 1255 PM CDT.
  BRANDON AROUND 100 PM CDT.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES TRUMAN LAKE. 

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3851 9346 3852 9332 3827 9352 3827 9353
      3829 9352 3845 9352 3846 9352 3849 9352
      3851 9352 3852 9351
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 204DEG 30KT 3832 9360

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

$$

GRIFFIN

1 follow-up statement

011 
WWUS53 KSGF 241800
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

MOC015-241810-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-150524T1800Z/
BENTON MO-
100 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN SPRINGFIELD.

LAT...LON 3851 9346 3852 9332 3827 9352 3827 9353
      3829 9352 3845 9352 3846 9352 3849 9352
      3851 9352 3852 9351
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 204DEG 30KT 3846 9352

$$

GRIFFIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 8:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	8 days
May 24, 4:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton, Vernon	11 hr
May 24, 5:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar	3 days
May 24, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald	70 hr
May 24, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper	57 hr
May 24, 1:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Benton	27 min
May 24, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	36 min
May 24, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	52 min
May 24, 2:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Cedar, Dade, St. Clair	4 hr
May 24, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Webster, Wright	23 min
May 24, 3:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper	56 hr
May 24, 3:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Wright	33 min
May 24, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Shannon, Texas	28 min
May 24, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Wright	36 min
May 24, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Oregon	48 min
May 24, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Ozark	49 min
May 24, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede, Pulaski, Texas	34 min
May 24, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Taney	47 min
May 24, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	37 min
May 24, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark	19 min
May 24, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Texas, Webster and 1 more	35 min
May 24, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Oregon	38 min

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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.