Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2015, 3:51 PM CDT for Laclede County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 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 2, 2015, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2015, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Laclede County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 3:54 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 S Lebanon, MO | PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 543 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 395 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
655
WFUS53 KSGF 022051
TORSGF
MOC105-022130-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0003.150402T2051Z-150402T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
351 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 349 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 31 MILES WEST OF FORT LEONARD WOOD...AND MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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...
DRY KNOB...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN FORT LEONARD WOOD...FALCON AND TWIN
BRIDGES.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 124 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED
BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM.
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 3749 9228 3749 9241 3751 9266 3755 9273
3764 9274 3767 9267 3768 9258 3768 9241
3767 9231 3764 9225 3750 9225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 274DEG 20KT 3759 9270
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CRAMER3 follow-up statements
010
WWUS53 KSGF 022101
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
401 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
MOC105-022130-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150402T2130Z/
LACLEDE MO-
401 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LACLEDE COUNTY UNTIL 430
PM CDT...
AT 358 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF TWIN BRIDGES...AND MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DRY KNOB...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN FORT LEONARD WOOD...FALCON...
LYNCHBURG AND TWIN BRIDGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3749 9228 3749 9241 3750 9255 3751 9259
3754 9262 3756 9265 3758 9266 3762 9266
3764 9265 3768 9258 3768 9241 3767 9231
3764 9225 3750 9225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 276DEG 31KT 3758 9260
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CRAMER138
WWUS53 KSGF 022109
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
409 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
MOC105-022130-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150402T2130Z/
LACLEDE MO-
409 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LACLEDE COUNTY UNTIL 430
PM CDT...
AT 407 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF TWIN BRIDGES...AND MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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...
DRY KNOB...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN FORT LEONARD WOOD...FALCON AND
LYNCHBURG.
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 3749 9228 3749 9241 3750 9251 3751 9254
3754 9256 3757 9257 3759 9259 3763 9259
3765 9258 3766 9256 3768 9251 3768 9241
3767 9231 3764 9225 3750 9225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 276DEG 30KT 3757 9251
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CRAMER342
WWUS53 KSGF 022131
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
431 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
MOC105-022141-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150402T2130Z/
LACLEDE MO-
431 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LACLEDE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER
POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. HOWEVER...HAIL IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3749 9228 3749 9241 3750 9251 3751 9254
3754 9256 3757 9257 3759 9259 3763 9259
3765 9258 3766 9256 3768 9251 3768 9241
3767 9231 3764 9225 3750 9225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 276DEG 30KT 3757 9251
$$
CRAMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 3:14 AM CDT | Flood Watch | SGF | Barry, Barton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 24 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barry | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 8:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 8:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Stone | 22 min |
| Apr 2, 9:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 9:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 10:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Ozark | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 10:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Howell | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas | 63 min |
| Apr 2, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Texas | 44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.