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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Springfield, MO

July 8, 2015Howell County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2015, 5:08 PM CDT for Howell County, Missouri. It was in force for 20 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: Jul 8, 2015, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2015, 5:28 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Howell County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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: 461 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

692 
WFUS53 KSGF 082208
TORSGF
MOC091-082245-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0039.150708T2208Z-150708T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
508 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 506 PM CDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
  THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST PLAINS TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  WEST PLAINS TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF WEST PLAINS TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF
  WEST PLAINS TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF WEST PLAINS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 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...
  BRANDSVILLE...SOUTH FORK AND WEST PLAINS.

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 3654 9194 3659 9198 3670 9195 3688 9170
      3686 9166 3680 9166 3679 9168 3661 9168
      3658 9167 3651 9190
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 244DEG 33KT 3665 9195 3663 9187
          3659 9183 3654 9182 3650 9184

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

$$

WISE

2 follow-up statements

732 
WWUS53 KSGF 082217
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
517 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

MOC091-082245-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150708T2245Z/
HOWELL MO-
517 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL HOWELL COUNTY
UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 514 PM CDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM WEST PLAINS TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST PLAINS TO 11
MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST PLAINS TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF WEST PLAINS...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
BRANDSVILLE AND WEST PLAINS.

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 YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

LAT...LON 3663 9189 3672 9192 3688 9170 3686 9166
      3680 9166 3679 9168 3661 9168 3658 9167
      3654 9181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 234DEG 41KT 3672 9184 3670 9176
          3666 9173 3661 9172 3654 9173

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

$$

WISE

441 
WWUS53 KSGF 082228
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
528 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

MOC091-082239-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150708T2245Z/
HOWELL MO-
528 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HOWELL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3663 9189 3672 9192 3688 9170 3686 9166
      3680 9166 3679 9168 3661 9168 3658 9167
      3654 9181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 234DEG 41KT 3680 9170 3678 9162
          3674 9159 3669 9158 3662 9159

$$

WISE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 7:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Laclede	3 days
Jul 7, 7:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Phelps	6 days
Jul 7, 8:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar	4 days
Jul 7, 8:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	5 days
Jul 7, 8:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	5 days
Jul 7, 9:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark, Stone, Taney, Texas, Webster and 1 more	8 hr
Jul 8, 4:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Dent, Douglas, Laclede, McDonald and 8 more	3 days
Jul 8, 5:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald and 2 more	3 days
Jul 8, 6:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon	52 hr
Jul 8, 9:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Bates, Vernon	5 days
Jul 8, 11:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede and 5 more	47 hr
Jul 8, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Howell	45 min
Jul 8, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	33 min
Jul 8, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	40 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.