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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Springfield, MO

April 2, 2015Barton County, Jasper County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2015, 8:07 PM CDT for Barton County, Jasper County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 min. 4 reports 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
Apr 2, 2015, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2015, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

Counties Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 2, 8:20 PM CDTTORNADO2 Nw Jasper, MO
Apr 2, 8:25 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 N Jasper, MOTREES DOWN AT I49 AND HWY 126. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Apr 2, 8:33 PM CDTTORNADO4 Wsw Golden City, MORATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.6 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: APR 02 2015 START TIME: 833 PM CDT START LOCATION: 4 MI SOUTHWEST OF GOLDEN CITY START LAT/LON: 37.3599 N / -94.1732
Apr 2, 8:33 PM CDTTORNADO5 Wsw Golden City, MO

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 2, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 73 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2015-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1838 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2015-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1838 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

110 
WFUS53 KSGF 030107
TORSGF
MOC011-097-030130-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0005.150403T0107Z-150403T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
807 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 804 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF JASPER...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
  AVILLA...BOSTON...CARYTOWN...DUDENVILLE...GOLDEN CITY...JASPER...
  KENOMA...LAMAR HEIGHTS...LAMAR...MAPLE GROVE...NASHVILLE AND
  OAKTON.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES PRAIRIE STATE PARK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3752 9453 3750 9408 3748 9407 3717 9409
      3732 9456
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 277DEG 34KT 3742 9442

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BOXELL
1 follow-up statement
464 
WWUS53 KSGF 030118
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
818 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

MOC011-097-030130-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150403T0130Z/
BARTON MO-JASPER MO-
818 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN JASPER AND
SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 816 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
JASPER...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.  JASPER COUNTY DISPATCH 
REPORTS A TORNADO ALONG THE BARTON AND JASPER COUNTY LINE NORTHWEST 
OF THE TOWN OF JASPER. 

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...
AVILLA...BOSTON...CARYTOWN...DUDENVILLE...GOLDEN CITY...IANTHA...
JASPER...KENOMA...LAMAR HEIGHTS...LAMAR...MAPLE GROVE AND OAKTON.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3752 9441 3750 9408 3745 9407 3744 9407
      3744 9408 3736 9408 3717 9409 3733 9449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 277DEG 34KT 3741 9429

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BOXELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton55 min
Apr 2, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper51 min
Apr 2, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade, Polk45 min
Apr 2, 8:23 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSGFBarton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence37 min
Apr 2, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton64 min
Apr 2, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFJasper, Newton48 min
Apr 2, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDade, Lawrence23 min
Apr 2, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton28 min
Apr 2, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence, Newton44 min
Apr 2, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald42 min
Apr 2, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Greene, Lawrence32 min
Apr 2, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald46 min
Apr 2, 11:20 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Stone40 min
Apr 2, 11:41 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry34 min
Apr 3, 12:02 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFStone, Taney43 min
Apr 3, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas37 min
Apr 3, 12:14 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFDouglas31 min
Apr 3, 12:39 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFDouglas, Howell36 min
Apr 3, 12:43 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFOzark, Taney30 min
Apr 3, 12:59 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFHowell, Oregon, Shannon46 min
Apr 3, 1:05 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFOzark40 min
Apr 3, 1:25 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFOregon, Shannon35 min
Apr 3, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell47 min
Apr 3, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon34 min
Apr 3, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, Newton62 min
Apr 3, 2:45 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFNewton45 min
Apr 3, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton42 min
Apr 3, 3:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone, Taney47 min
Apr 3, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Stone, Taney47 min
Apr 3, 4:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, Stone3 hr
Apr 3, 5:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOzark, Taney6 hr
Apr 3, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark, Taney43 min
Apr 3, 5:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon24 min
Apr 3, 5:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Ozark30 min
Apr 3, 7:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFJasper39 hr
Apr 3, 7:44 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, Stone6 hr
Apr 3, 8:23 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarry, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton, Stone9 hr
Apr 3, 8:34 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Miller and 2 more6 hr
Apr 3, 10:48 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFChristian, Dallas, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Ozark and 4 more6 hr
Apr 3, 11:13 AM CDTFrost AdvisorySGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more22 hr
Apr 3, 1:58 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, Stone3 hr
Apr 3, 4:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFDouglas, Howell, Laclede, Ozark, Texas, Wright18 hr
Apr 3, 4:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFBarry, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton, Stone18 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.