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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Springfield, MO

May 24, 2015Douglas County, Wright County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2015, 3:27 PM CDT for Douglas County, Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Douglas County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 24, 1:18 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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

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The text

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

983 
WFUS53 KSGF 242027
TORSGF
MOC067-229-242100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0027.150524T2027Z-150524T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 324 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AVA...AND MOVING NORTH 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...
  AVA AND MANSFIELD.

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 3725 9266 3723 9241 3691 9260 3692 9270
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 196DEG 35KT 3697 9261

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

$$

GRIFFIN

2 follow-up statements

033 
WWUS53 KSGF 242041
SVSSGF

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

MOC067-242051-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150524T2100Z/
DOUGLAS MO-
341 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3707 9261 3725 9263 3723 9241 3706 9251
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 196DEG 35KT 3710 9256

$$

MOC229-242100-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150524T2100Z/
WRIGHT MO-
341 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WRIGHT
COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 340 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MANSFIELD...AND MOVING NORTH 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...
MANSFIELD.

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.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3707 9261 3725 9263 3723 9241 3706 9251
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 196DEG 35KT 3710 9256

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

$$

979 
WWUS53 KSGF 242051
SVSSGF

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

MOC229-242101-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150524T2100Z/
WRIGHT MO-
351 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WRIGHT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
400 PM CDT...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3707 9261 3725 9263 3723 9241 3706 9251
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 196DEG 35KT 3719 9253

$$

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, 12:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	18 min
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, 3:32 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.