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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2015, 2:45 PM CST for Douglas County, Howell County, Ozark County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 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
- Nov 17, 2015, 2:45 PM CST (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2015, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO, Ozark County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 532 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 736 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KSGF 172045
TORSGF
MOC067-091-153-172115-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0043.151117T2045Z-151117T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
245 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
NORTHEASTERN OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 315 PM CST
* AT 245 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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...
WILLOW SPRINGS... POMONA...
SILOAM SPRINGS... DORA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS CLUSTER 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 3675 9229 3684 9229 3693 9227 3703 9220
3706 9214 3705 9173 3693 9183 3680 9200
3674 9212 3672 9224
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 216DEG 49KT 3679 9223
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
CRAMER2 follow-up statements
300
WWUS53 KSGF 172052
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
252 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015
MOC153-172101-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151117T2115Z/
OZARK MO-
252 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OZARK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3680 9227 3684 9229 3693 9227 3703 9220
3706 9214 3705 9173 3693 9183 3682 9198
3679 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 212DEG 44KT 3685 9219
$$
MOC067-091-172115-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151117T2115Z/
HOWELL MO-DOUGLAS MO-
252 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN HOWELL AND EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...
AT 251 PM CST...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS LOCATED 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLOW SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
WILLOW SPRINGS...
POMONA...
SILOAM SPRINGS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS CLUSTER 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 3680 9227 3684 9229 3693 9227 3703 9220
3706 9214 3705 9173 3693 9183 3682 9198
3679 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 212DEG 44KT 3685 9219
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CRAMER068
WWUS53 KSGF 172105
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
305 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015
MOC067-091-172115-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151117T2115Z/
HOWELL MO-DOUGLAS MO-
305 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HOWELL AND EASTERN DOUGLAS
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM CST...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3680 9227 3684 9229 3693 9227 3703 9220
3706 9214 3705 9173 3693 9183 3682 9198
3679 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 216DEG 49KT 3685 9219
$$
CRAMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 7:49 PM CST | River Flood Warning | SGF | Phelps | 69 hr |
| Nov 17, 5:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Newton | 51 min |
| Nov 17, 5:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 41 min |
| Nov 17, 6:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Greene, Hickory, Lawrence, Polk | 47 min |
| Nov 17, 6:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene | 24 min |
| Nov 17, 7:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 7:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 7:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 8:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 8:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dade, Dallas, Polk | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 9:17 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Benton, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Nov 17, 9:30 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Miller, Morgan | 12 hr |
| Nov 17, 10:24 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 11:58 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Laclede, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, Webster | 22 hr |
| Nov 17, 12:21 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Stone, Taney | 21 hr |
| Nov 17, 12:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 12:58 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 20 hr |
| Nov 17, 1:03 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Oregon, Shannon | 20 hr |
| Nov 17, 1:07 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 8 hr |
| Nov 17, 1:11 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 8 hr |
| Nov 17, 1:44 PM CST | River Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar | 50 hr |
| Nov 17, 1:47 PM CST | River Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper | 55 hr |
| Nov 17, 1:53 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barry | 7 hr |
| Nov 17, 1:55 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Greene | 7 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:26 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Dade, Dallas, Polk | 7 hr |
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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.