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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Springfield, MO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 6:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 57 | Republic, 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.
- 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
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
$$
WISE1 follow-up statement
839
WWUS53 KSGF 292332
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
632 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015
MOC077-292342-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-150529T2345Z/
GREENE MO-
632 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING TORNADO POTENTIAL HAS
WEAKENED BUT THE SEVERE RISK CONTINUES FOR WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH.
LAT...LON 3730 9336 3733 9326 3721 9318 3710 9343
3712 9353 3716 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 229DEG 21KT 3724 9338 3725 9333
3720 9331
$$
WISEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Laclede | 4 hr |
| May 29, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Taney | 35 min |
| May 29, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | McDonald | 37 min |
| May 29, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 50 min |
| May 29, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 26 min |
| May 29, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 39 min |
| May 29, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Newton | 28 min |
| May 29, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Wright | 41 min |
| May 29, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 33 min |
| May 29, 4:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 6 hr |
| May 29, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barry, Lawrence | 31 min |
| May 29, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Wright | 33 min |
| May 29, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 40 min |
| May 29, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence | 36 min |
| May 29, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 40 min |
| May 29, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Texas | 37 min |
| May 29, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone | 63 min |
| May 29, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Wright | 31 min |
| May 29, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Texas | 35 min |
| May 29, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Texas | 33 min |
| May 29, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 40 min |
| May 29, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Webster | 31 min |
| May 29, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster, Wright | 24 min |
| May 29, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon, Texas | 36 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.