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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Springfield, MO

April 2, 20154 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2015, 8:23 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 37 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, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Barton County, MO, Dade County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
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
Apr 2, 8:58 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 60 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: 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.

880 
WFUS53 KSGF 030123
TORSGF
MOC011-057-097-109-030200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0006.150403T0123Z-150403T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 821 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JASPER...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.  A TORNADO WAS         
  REPORTED NEAR 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...JASPER...
  KENOMA...LAMAR HEIGHTS...LAMAR...LOCKWOOD...MAPLE GROVE...
  MEINERT...OAKTON...RED OAK AND SYLVANIA.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES STOCKTON LAKE. 

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN 
EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3750 9384 3711 9395 3730 9447 3752 9435
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 290DEG 23KT 3735 9433

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BOXELL

3 follow-up statements

784 
WWUS53 KSGF 030130
SVSSGF

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

MOC011-057-097-109-030200-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150403T0200Z/
BARTON MO-JASPER MO-DADE MO-LAWRENCE MO-
830 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE...
SOUTHWESTERN DADE...NORTHEASTERN JASPER AND SOUTHEASTERN BARTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 829 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JASPER...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.  DAMAGE WAS REPORTED 
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 49 AND HIGHWAY 126 IN BARTON 
COUNTY. 

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...LOCKWOOD...MAPLE GROVE...MEINERT...
OAKTON...RED OAK AND SYLVANIA.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES STOCKTON LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

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

LAT...LON 3750 9384 3711 9395 3730 9447 3752 9435
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 290DEG 23KT 3733 9428

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BOXELL

614 
WWUS53 KSGF 030136
SVSSGF

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

MOC011-057-097-109-030200-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150403T0200Z/
BARTON MO-JASPER MO-DADE MO-LAWRENCE MO-
836 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE...
SOUTHWESTERN DADE...NORTHEASTERN JASPER AND SOUTHEASTERN BARTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 834 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
JASPER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 5 
MILES TO THE WEST OF GOLDEN CITY.  

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...LOCKWOOD...MAPLE GROVE...MEINERT...RED OAK AND SYLVANIA.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES STOCKTON LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

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

LAT...LON 3730 9441 3752 9425 3750 9384 3711 9395
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 274DEG 26KT 3737 9420

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BOXELL

579 
WWUS53 KSGF 030151
SVSSGF

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

MOC011-057-097-109-030200-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150403T0200Z/
BARTON MO-JASPER MO-DADE MO-LAWRENCE MO-
851 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE...
WESTERN DADE...NORTHEASTERN JASPER AND SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTIES
UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 848 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GOLDEN CITY...
AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS 
REPORTED SEVERAL TORNADO TOUCH DOWNS ALONG 126 HIGHWAY. 

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...
DUDENVILLE...GOLDEN CITY...KENOMA...LOCKWOOD...MAPLE GROVE...
MEINERT...RED OAK AND SYLVANIA.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES STOCKTON LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

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

LAT...LON 3728 9422 3744 9421 3751 9410 3750 9384
      3711 9395
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 274DEG 26KT 3736 9407

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BOXELL

The 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, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	23 min
Apr 2, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Polk	45 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

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.