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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Springfield, MO

March 29, 2017Douglas County, Missouri

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 29, 8:45 PM CDTHAIL 15 Ne Squires, MO.
Mar 29, 9:18 PM CDTHAIL 15 Ene Vanzant, MODELAYED 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 29, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2017-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 708 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2017-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

Wise
2 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

$$

Wise
431 
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 

$$

Wise

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPhelps54 min
Mar 29, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTexas36 min
Mar 29, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Texas61 min
Mar 29, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark, Taney47 min
Mar 29, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Laclede43 min
Mar 29, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDouglas35 min
Mar 29, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark44 min
Mar 29, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller43 min
Mar 29, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark50 min
Mar 29, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Texas, Wright48 min
Mar 29, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Laclede42 min
Mar 29, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller27 min
Mar 29, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps, Texas34 min
Mar 29, 9:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFHowell44 min
Mar 30, 12:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFOregon59 min
Mar 30, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon20 min
Mar 30, 1:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMaries, Pulaski48 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.