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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Springfield, MO

April 2, 2015Dade County, Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2015, 8:56 PM CDT for Dade County, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 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: Apr 2, 2015, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2015, 9:19 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Dade County, MO, Lawrence County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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.

468 
WFUS53 KSGF 030156
TORSGF
MOC057-109-030230-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0008.150403T0156Z-150403T0230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 853 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF LOCKWOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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...
  GREENFIELD...LOCKWOOD...MEINERT...MILLER...PENNSBORO...RED OAK AND
  SOUTH GREENFIELD.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES STOCKTON LAKE. 

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES ACROSS SOUTHERN 
BARTON COUNTY OVER THE LAST HOUR. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3722 9405 3729 9405 3729 9408 3742 9409
      3750 9407 3750 9371 3717 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 279DEG 24KT 3735 9402

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

BOXELL

1 follow-up statement

343 
WWUS53 KSGF 030219
SVSSGF

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

MOC057-109-030229-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150403T0230Z/
DADE MO-LAWRENCE MO-
919 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHERN DADE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

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

LAT...LON 3722 9405 3729 9405 3729 9408 3742 9409
      3750 9407 3750 9371 3717 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 279DEG 24KT 3733 9383

$$

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, 8:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.