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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2017, 8:44 PM CDT for Douglas County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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 29, 2017, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2017, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Douglas County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 29, 8:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ne Squires, MO | . |
| Mar 29, 9:18 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ene Vanzant, MO | DELAYED REPORT. QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT STATE HIGHWAY EE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 708 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1134 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted.
339
WFUS53 KSGF 300144
TORSGF
MOC067-300230-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0022.170330T0144Z-170330T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
844 PM CDT WED MAR 29 2017
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Eastern Douglas County in southwestern Missouri...
* Until 930 PM CDT
* At 843 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 13 miles southeast of Ava, moving northeast at 35 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Drury... Vanzant...
Gentryville...
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 3685 9260 3706 9234 3706 9216 3705 9209
3690 9209 3680 9229 3680 9255
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 231DEG 28KT 3684 9246
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
Wise2 follow-up statements
809
WWUS53 KSGF 300206
SVSSGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
906 PM CDT WED MAR 29 2017
MOC067-300230-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170330T0230Z/
Douglas MO-
906 PM CDT WED MAR 29 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
DOUGLAS COUNTY...
At 905 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 12 miles south of Mountain Grove, moving northeast at 35
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Drury... Vanzant...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3699 9242 3706 9234 3706 9216 3705 9209
3694 9209 3685 9229 3690 9236
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 231DEG 28KT 3695 9229
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
Wise431
WWUS53 KSGF 300222
SVSSGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
922 PM CDT WED MAR 29 2017
MOC067-300232-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170330T0230Z/
Douglas MO-
922 PM CDT WED MAR 29 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 930
PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for south central
and southwestern Missouri.
LAT...LON 3699 9242 3706 9234 3706 9216 3705 9209
3694 9209 3685 9229 3690 9236
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 231DEG 28KT 3703 9217
$$
WiseThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Phelps | 54 min |
| Mar 29, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Texas | 36 min |
| Mar 29, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Texas | 61 min |
| Mar 29, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark, Taney | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Laclede | 43 min |
| Mar 29, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Douglas | 35 min |
| Mar 29, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller | 43 min |
| Mar 29, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 50 min |
| Mar 29, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Texas, Wright | 48 min |
| Mar 29, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Laclede | 42 min |
| Mar 29, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller | 27 min |
| Mar 29, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps, Texas | 34 min |
| Mar 29, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Howell | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Oregon | 59 min |
| Mar 30, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 20 min |
| Mar 30, 1:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Maries, Pulaski | 48 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.