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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Springfield, MO

July 8, 2015Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2015, 5:20 PM CDT for Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 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, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Oregon County, MO, Shannon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 208 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.

563 
WFUS53 KSGF 082220
TORSGF
MOC149-203-082300-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0040.150708T2220Z-150708T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 519 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 23 MILES WEST OF ALTON TO 19 MILES WEST OF ALTON TO
  17 MILES WEST OF ALTON TO 16 MILES WEST OF ALTON TO 18 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ALTON...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...
  ALTON...BIRCH TREE...COUCH...GREER...KOSHKONONG...ROVER...
  THOMASVILLE...WILDERNESS AND WINONA.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES GRAND GULF STATE PARK. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3661 9168 3679 9168 3679 9167 3688 9166
      3707 9138 3708 9121 3684 9122 3682 9111
      3663 9112 3651 9167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 234DEG 41KT 3674 9181 3672 9173
          3668 9170 3662 9167 3656 9166

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

$$

WISE

2 follow-up statements

255 
WWUS53 KSGF 082242
SVSSGF

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

MOC149-203-082300-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-150708T2300Z/
OREGON MO-SHANNON MO-
542 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SHANNON AND
EASTERN OREGON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 539 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 NORTHWEST OF ALTON TO ALTON TO 10 MILES SOUTH
OF ALTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 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...
ALTON...COUCH...GREER AND WILDERNESS.

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 9151 3679 9151 3689 9154 3702 9122
      3684 9122 3682 9111 3663 9112 3654 9155
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 256DEG 47KT 3682 9142 3675 9138
          3666 9134 3656 9136

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

$$

WISE

395 
WWUS53 KSGF 082257
SVSSGF

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

MOC149-203-082307-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-150708T2300Z/
OREGON MO-SHANNON MO-
557 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SHANNON AND EASTERN OREGON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 3663 9151 3679 9151 3689 9154 3702 9122
      3684 9122 3682 9111 3663 9112 3654 9155
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 256DEG 47KT 3687 9118 3680 9114
          3671 9110 3661 9112

$$

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, 5:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell	20 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.