Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2017, 7:43 PM CST for Stone County, Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 18 min. 2 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
- Mar 9, 2017, 7:43 PM CST (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2017, 8:01 PM CST
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 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, 7:45 PM CST | HAIL 1.5 | Ridgedale, MO | HAIL PICTURE ON SOCIAL MEDIA NEAR TOP OF THE ROCK. TIME WAS ESTIMATED. |
| Mar 9, 7:48 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 2 Nw Ridgedale, MO | QUARTER SIZED HAIL HWY 65 AND HWY 86....QUARTER SIZED HAIL...RELAY FROM STONE COUNTY 911. |
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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 343 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.
296
WFUS53 KSGF 100143
TORSGF
MOC209-213-100230-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0021.170310T0143Z-170310T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
743 PM CST THU MAR 9 2017
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Taney County in southwestern Missouri...
Southeastern Stone County in southwestern Missouri...
* Until 830 PM CST
* At 743 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Roberson Hollow, or 9 miles southeast of
Kimberling City, moving southeast 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Table Rock Lake... Blue Eye...
Ridgedale...
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 3650 9340 3658 9336 3650 9313
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 305DEG 22KT 3652 9333
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
Foster1 follow-up statement
328
WWUS53 KSGF 100201
SVSSGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
801 PM CST THU MAR 9 2017
MOC209-213-100211-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170310T0230Z/
Taney MO-Stone MO-
801 PM CST THU MAR 9 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TANEY AND SOUTHEASTERN STONE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
However small hail is still possible with this thunderstorm.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for
southwestern Missouri.
LAT...LON 3650 9340 3658 9336 3650 9313
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 305DEG 22KT 3646 9322
$$
FosterThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone | 27 min |
| 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 |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 2017Every tornado warning in 2017Tornadoes in 2017
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.