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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Springfield, MO

July 1, 20154 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2015, 10:51 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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: Jul 1, 2015, 10:51 PM CDT (03:51 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2015, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Dent County, MO, Maries County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 1, 10:55 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 Ne Dixon, MO	A NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND A BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY E NEAR HAYDEN. THE TORNADO UPROOTED ONE TREE AND SEVERAL LARGE TREE BRANCHES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE HIGHWAY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 1, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 207 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: 2985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 457 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.7
Supercell composite: 27.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

139 
WFUS53 KSGF 020351
TORSGF
MOC065-125-161-169-020430-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0036.150702T0351Z-150702T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1051 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1050 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF DIXON TO DIXON TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DIXON...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST 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...
  DIXON...DOOLITTLE...NEWBURG...ROLLA AND ST. JAMES.

INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 160 AND 197 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED
BY THESE DANGEROUS STORMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3779 9153 3773 9179 3779 9207 3791 9224
      3815 9202 3803 9152
TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 312DEG 32KT 3808 9194 3796 9204
          3791 9218

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

$$

FOSTER

1 follow-up statement

900 
WWUS53 KSGF 020428
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1128 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

MOC065-125-161-169-020438-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150702T0430Z/
DENT MO-MARIES MO-PHELPS MO-PULASKI MO-
1128 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PULASKI...PHELPS...SOUTHERN
MARIES AND NORTHWESTERN DENT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM CDT...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3779 9153 3773 9179 3779 9207 3791 9224
      3815 9202 3803 9152
TIME...MOT...LOC 0428Z 312DEG 32KT 3786 9163 3774 9173
          3769 9187

$$

FOSTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	65 min
Jul 1, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Morgan	67 min
Jul 1, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan	55 min
Jul 1, 9:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Miller	45 min
Jul 1, 9:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan	8 hr
Jul 1, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory, Morgan	60 min
Jul 1, 9:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory	39 min
Jul 1, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan, Phelps, Pulaski	58 min
Jul 1, 10:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory	47 min
Jul 1, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	58 min
Jul 1, 10:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, St. Clair	47 min
Jul 1, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Polk	57 min
Jul 1, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Laclede, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas	65 min
Jul 1, 11:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Dent, Hickory, Laclede, Phelps and 3 more	6 hr
Jul 1, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	65 min
Jul 1, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Polk, St. Clair and 1 more	55 min
Jul 2, 12:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas, Dent, Laclede, Polk, Shannon, Texas and 2 more	5 hr
Jul 2, 12:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, Vernon	5 hr
Jul 2, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon	61 min
Jul 2, 12:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Polk, Webster, Wright	23 min
Jul 2, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	52 min
Jul 2, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster	49 min
Jul 2, 12:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Wright	21 min
Jul 2, 1:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, Christian, Dade, Douglas, Greene, Lawrence and 3 more	9 hr
Jul 2, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Webster	13 min
Jul 2, 3:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Stone, Taney and 1 more	8 hr
Jul 2, 4:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Laclede	56 hr
Jul 2, 4:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dallas, Dent, Laclede, Polk, Shannon and 4 more	12 hr
Jul 2, 4:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	3 days
Jul 2, 4:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Bates, Vernon	4 days
Jul 2, 4:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory, Maries, Miller, Morgan and 3 more	12 hr
Jul 2, 8:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Stone	54 hr
Jul 2, 10:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, Christian, Dade, Douglas, Greene, Lawrence and 4 more	6 hr
Jul 2, 10:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Stone, Taney and 1 more	6 hr
Jul 2, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	40 min
Jul 2, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	McDonald	25 min
Jul 2, 4:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 23 more	24 hr
Jul 2, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barry, Stone	48 min
Jul 2, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	53 min
Jul 2, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	40 min
Jul 2, 5:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry	36 min
Jul 2, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	31 min
Jul 2, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Ozark	43 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.