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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2016, 7:42 PM CDT for Scotland County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 min. 5 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 27, 2016, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Scotland County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:48 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Wnw Greensburg, MO | BRIEF EF1 TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 90 MPH OCCURRED ON THE KNOX AND SCOTLAND COUNTY LINE. A MANUFACTURED HOME WAS BLOWN OFF ITS BRICKS AND DESTROYED. A DOOR ON A BARN WAS RIPPED OFF ON THE 0.2 MILE PATH. THE TORNADO WAS AROUND 40 YARDS WIDE. |
| Apr 27, 7:48 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nnw Baring, MO | BRIEF EF1 TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 90 MPH OCCURRED ON THE KNOX AND SCOTLAND COUNTY LINE. A MANUFACTURED HOME WAS BLOWN OFF ITS BRICKS AND DESTROYED. A DOOR ON A BARN WAS RIPPED OFF ON THE 0.2 MILE PATH. THE TORNADO WAS AROUND 40 YARDS WIDE. |
| Apr 27, 7:54 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Nnw Greensburg, MO | |
| Apr 27, 8:21 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Sse Memphis, MO | |
| Apr 27, 8:24 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Rutledge, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
421
WFUS53 KDVN 280042
TORDVN
MOC199-280115-
/O.NEW.KDVN.TO.W.0014.160428T0042Z-160428T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
742 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 742 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER GREENSBURG...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MEMPHIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MEMPHIS AROUND 800 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HITT...
AZEN...PROSPECT GROVE...SAND HILL...MEMPHIS MEMORIAL AIRPORT...BIBLE
GROVE...SCOTLAND COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...ETNA...BROCK AND CRAWFORD.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4058 9227 4060 9212 4060 9207 4051 9194
4034 9195 4030 9202 4030 9235 4039 9235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 202DEG 29KT 4033 9225
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
GIBBS3 follow-up statements
756
WWUS53 KDVN 280051
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
751 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
MOC199-280115-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160428T0115Z/
SCOTLAND MO-
751 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR SCOTLAND
COUNTY...
AT 751 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER GREENSBURG...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF MEMPHIS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
RUTLEDGE AROUND 800 PM CDT.
MEMPHIS AND SOUTH GORIN AROUND 810 PM CDT.
GRANGER AROUND 815 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HITT...
AZEN...PROSPECT GROVE...SAND HILL...MEMPHIS MEMORIAL AIRPORT...BIBLE
GROVE...SCOTLAND COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...ETNA...BROCK AND CRAWFORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4058 9227 4060 9212 4060 9207 4051 9194
4034 9195 4030 9202 4030 9235 4039 9235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 218DEG 21KT 4034 9221
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
GIBBS361
WWUS53 KDVN 280106
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
806 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
MOC199-280115-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160428T0115Z/
SCOTLAND MO-
806 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR SCOTLAND
COUNTY...
AT 806 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER GREENSBURG...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF MEMPHIS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
RUTLEDGE AND SOUTH GORIN AROUND 815 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HITT...
AZEN...PROSPECT GROVE...SAND HILL...MEMPHIS MEMORIAL AIRPORT...BIBLE
GROVE...SCOTLAND COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...ETNA...BROCK AND CRAWFORD.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4058 9226 4060 9211 4060 9207 4051 9194
4034 9195 4030 9202 4030 9234 4039 9234
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 218DEG 18KT 4032 9217
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
GIBBS315
WWUS53 KDVN 280112
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
812 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
MOC199-280121-
/O.EXP.KDVN.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160428T0115Z/
SCOTLAND MO-
812 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SCOTLAND COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM
CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THE QUAD CITIES.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SCOTLAND COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM.
LAT...LON 4058 9226 4060 9211 4060 9207 4051 9194
4034 9195 4030 9202 4030 9234 4039 9234
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 202DEG 29KT 4032 9217
$$
GIBBSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scotland | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clark, Scotland | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clark | 58 min |
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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.