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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2016, 2:14 AM CDT for Christian County, Douglas County, Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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, 2:14 AM CDT (07:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2016, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Christian County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Taney County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2:17 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Forsyth, MO | MODERATE TREE LIMBS DOWN PER FIRE DEPT AT HIGHWAY 160 AND HIGHWAY 76 |
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 26, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 851 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
555
WFUS53 KSGF 270714
TORSGF
MOC043-067-213-270745-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0007.160427T0714Z-160427T0745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
214 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
CENTRAL TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 245 AM CDT
* AT 213 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER FORSYTH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
LAKE TANEYCOMO... BULL SHOALS LAKE...
FORSYTH... MERRIAM WOODS...
KISSEE MILLS... ROCKAWAY BEACH...
TANEYVILLE... KIRBYVILLE...
BROWNBRANCH... RUETER...
EDGEWATER BEACH... GOODHOPE...
GARRISON... POWERSITE...
WALNUT SHADE... ROME...
OZARK BEACH... BRADLEYVILLE...
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 3651 9313 3675 9320 3697 9282 3681 9275
3680 9277 3664 9277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0713Z 251DEG 32KT 3670 9311
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DSA2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KSGF 270735
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
235 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016
MOC043-067-270743-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160427T0745Z/
CHRISTIAN MO-DOUGLAS MO-
235 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN AND SOUTHWESTERN
DOUGLAS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3681 9298 3682 9296 3681 9295 3681 9277
3664 9277 3660 9288
TIME...MOT...LOC 0733Z 251DEG 32KT 3676 9289
$$
MOC213-270745-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160427T0745Z/
TANEY MO-
235 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN TANEY COUNTY...
AT 233 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF TANEYVILLE...OR 13 MILES EAST OF
FORSYTH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
RUETER... BRADLEYVILLE...
BROWNBRANCH...
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 3681 9298 3682 9296 3681 9295 3681 9277
3664 9277 3660 9288
TIME...MOT...LOC 0733Z 251DEG 32KT 3676 9289
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DSA172
WWUS53 KSGF 270745
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
245 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016
MOC213-270755-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160427T0745Z/
TANEY MO-
245 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TANEY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS !**
WEAKENED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3681 9298 3682 9296 3681 9295 3681 9277
3664 9277 3660 9288
TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 251DEG 32KT 3676 9289
$$
DSAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Texas | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald and 2 more | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 1:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Benton, Hickory | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Greene, Lawrence and 3 more | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 1:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Greene, Ozark, Taney, Webster | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 3:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Ozark | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 3:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 4 days |
| Apr 27, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Howell | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Ozark | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Howell | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Phelps | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps | 49 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.