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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Springfield, MO
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 8:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Nw Jasper, MO | |
| Apr 2, 8:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Jasper, MO | TREES DOWN AT I49 AND HWY 126. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Apr 2, 8:33 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Wsw Golden City, MO | RATING: 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 CDT | TORNADO | 5 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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
$$
BOXELL1 follow-up statement
464
WWUS53 KSGF 030118
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
818 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
MOC011-097-030130-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150403T0130Z/
BARTON MO-JASPER MO-
818 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN JASPER AND
SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 816 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
JASPER...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. JASPER COUNTY DISPATCH
REPORTS A TORNADO ALONG THE BARTON AND JASPER COUNTY LINE NORTHWEST
OF THE TOWN OF JASPER.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AVILLA...BOSTON...CARYTOWN...DUDENVILLE...GOLDEN CITY...IANTHA...
JASPER...KENOMA...LAMAR HEIGHTS...LAMAR...MAPLE GROVE AND OAKTON.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3752 9441 3750 9408 3745 9407 3744 9407
3744 9408 3736 9408 3717 9409 3733 9449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 277DEG 34KT 3741 9429
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
BOXELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 55 min |
| Apr 2, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Polk | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dade, Lawrence | 23 min |
| Apr 2, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene, Lawrence | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 12:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 12:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 12:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 12:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark, Taney | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 12:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Shannon | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 1:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 1:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Oregon, Shannon | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Newton | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 2:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Newton | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone, Taney | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Stone, Taney | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 4:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence, Stone | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Ozark, Taney | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 5:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 7:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper | 39 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence, Stone | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton, Stone | 9 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Miller and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Dallas, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Ozark and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:13 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence, Stone | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Ozark, Texas, Wright | 18 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton, Stone | 18 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.