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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Springfield, MO

June 28, 2015Camden County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2015, 6:21 PM CDT for Camden County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 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: Jun 28, 2015, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2015, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Camden County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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
Jun 28, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 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.

841 
WFUS53 KSGF 282321
TORSGF
MOC029-282345-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0031.150628T2321Z-150628T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
621 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 619 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF CAMDENTON...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...
  CAMDENTON...FREEDOM...GREEN BAY TERRACE...HURRICANE DECK...LINN
  CREEK...OLD LINN CREEK...PURVIS AND SUNRISE BEACH.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES LAKE OF THE OZARKS STATE PARK AND LAKE OF
THE OZARKS. 

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.

IF ON OR NEAR THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND 
MOVE TO SHELTER. TORNADOES CAN MOVE ACROSS WATER. IF YOU CAN HEAR 
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. BOATS CAN 
BE SWAMPED BY LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES CAUSED BY A TORNADO...EVEN ON 
SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE QUICKLY INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER 
NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3811 9259 3809 9259 3809 9257 3807 9257
      3805 9254 3795 9268 3814 9290 3820 9284
      3819 9276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 310DEG 25KT 3814 9279

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

GAGAN

2 follow-up statements

682 
WWUS53 KSGF 282329
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
629 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015

MOC029-282345-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-150628T2345Z/
CAMDEN MO-
629 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 627 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF CAMDENTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
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...
CAMDENTON...FREEDOM...GREEN BAY TERRACE...HURRICANE DECK...LINN CREEK
AND OLD LINN CREEK.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES LAKE OF THE OZARKS STATE PARK AND LAKE OF
THE OZARKS. 

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.

IF ON OR NEAR THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND 
MOVE TO SHELTER. TORNADOES CAN MOVE ACROSS WATER. IF YOU CAN HEAR 
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. BOATS CAN 
BE SWAMPED BY LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES CAUSED BY A TORNADO...EVEN ON 
SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3811 9259 3809 9259 3809 9257 3807 9257
      3805 9254 3795 9268 3809 9284 3814 9280
      3817 9275
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 311DEG 18KT 3811 9276

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

GAGAN

072 
WWUS53 KSGF 282338
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
638 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015

MOC029-282348-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-150628T2345Z/
CAMDEN MO-
638 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645
PM CDT...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 700 PM CDT.  HAIL TO THE SIZE 
OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3811 9259 3809 9259 3809 9257 3807 9257
      3805 9254 3795 9268 3809 9284 3814 9280
      3817 9275
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 311DEG 18KT 3808 9272

$$

GAGAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barton	34 min
Jun 28, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Camden	33 min
Jun 28, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Morgan	51 min
Jun 28, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Pulaski	51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.