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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Springfield, MO

May 29, 2015Greene County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2015, 6:13 PM CDT for Greene County, Missouri. It was in force for 19 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
May 29, 2015, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2015, 6:32 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Greene County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 6:20 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 57Republic, MO

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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 51 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 535 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
535 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 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.

124 
WFUS53 KSGF 292313
TORSGF
MOC077-292345-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0030.150529T2313Z-150529T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
613 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 609 PM CDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
  THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR
  REPUBLIC...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
  GLIDEWELL...REPUBLIC AND SPRINGFIELD.

INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND 81 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THESE DANGEROUS STORMS.

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.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3730 9336 3733 9326 3721 9318 3710 9343
      3712 9353 3716 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 229DEG 21KT 3717 9349 3718 9344
          3713 9342

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

$$

WISE
1 follow-up statement
839 
WWUS53 KSGF 292332
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
632 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015

MOC077-292342-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-150529T2345Z/
GREENE MO-
632 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING TORNADO POTENTIAL HAS 
WEAKENED BUT THE SEVERE RISK CONTINUES FOR WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH.

LAT...LON 3730 9336 3733 9326 3721 9318 3710 9343
      3712 9353 3716 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 229DEG 21KT 3724 9338 3725 9333
          3720 9331

$$

WISE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLaclede4 hr
May 29, 1:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTaney35 min
May 29, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMcDonald37 min
May 29, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton50 min
May 29, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton26 min
May 29, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald39 min
May 29, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFNewton28 min
May 29, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Wright41 min
May 29, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFChristian33 min
May 29, 4:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton6 hr
May 29, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarry, Lawrence31 min
May 29, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFWright33 min
May 29, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright40 min
May 29, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence36 min
May 29, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence40 min
May 29, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTexas37 min
May 29, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone63 min
May 29, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFWright31 min
May 29, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTexas35 min
May 29, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTexas33 min
May 29, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas40 min
May 29, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFWebster31 min
May 29, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster, Wright24 min
May 29, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon, Texas36 min

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.