Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2017, 6:03 PM CST for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 27 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
- Mar 9, 2017, 6:03 PM CST (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2017, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Stone County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:24 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Aurora, MO | AURORA PD REPORTING RURAL FIRE TRUCK AND PASSENGER VEHICLE BLOWN OFF THE ROADWAY INTO A DITCH ON ROUTE K NORTH OF AURORA AT FARM ROAD 2167. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 11:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 292 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
- 2331 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
370
WFUS53 KSGF 100003
TORSGF
MOC009-043-109-209-100030-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0015.170310T0003Z-170310T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
603 PM CST THU MAR 9 2017
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Christian County in southwestern Missouri...
Northern Stone County in southwestern Missouri...
Northeastern Barry County in southwestern Missouri...
Southeastern Lawrence County in southwestern Missouri...
* Until 630 PM CST
* At 602 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Aurora, moving southeast at 35 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...
Aurora... Marionville...
Crane... Highlandville...
Verona... Hurley...
Ponce de Leon... Wheelerville...
Madry... Elsey...
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 3692 9382 3709 9368 3695 9327 3682 9335
3682 9365
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 301DEG 27KT 3700 9370
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
Foster1 follow-up statement
980
WWUS53 KSGF 100019
SVSSGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
619 PM CST THU MAR 9 2017
MOC009-043-109-209-100030-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-170310T0030Z/
Christian MO-Stone MO-Barry MO-Lawrence MO-
619 PM CST THU MAR 9 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN...NORTHERN STONE...NORTHEASTERN BARRY AND
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES...
At 618 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Crane, or 8 miles east of Aurora, moving southeast
at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Aurora... Marionville...
Crane... Highlandville...
Verona... Hurley...
Ponce de Leon... Wheelerville...
Madry... Elsey...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3703 9373 3707 9361 3695 9327 3682 9335
3682 9365 3692 9382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 301DEG 27KT 3693 9357
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
FosterThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence, Newton | 53 min |
| Mar 9, 6:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Ozark | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 6:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Stone, Taney | 47 min |
| Mar 9, 6:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 52 min |
| Mar 9, 6:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 48 min |
| Mar 9, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon | 52 min |
| Mar 9, 6:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 49 min |
| Mar 9, 7:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 55 min |
| Mar 9, 7:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 37 min |
| Mar 9, 7:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 48 min |
| Mar 9, 7:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 21 min |
| Mar 9, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Newton | 59 min |
| Mar 9, 7:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark, Taney | 28 min |
| Mar 9, 7:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 18 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.