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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Springfield, MO

March 6, 2017Camden County, Miller County, Morgan County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2017, 10:29 PM CST for Camden County, Miller County, Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min. 5 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 6, 2017, 10:29 PM CST (04:29 UTC)
Expired: Mar 6, 2017, 11:00 PM CST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Camden County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 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 6, 10:33 PM CST	TORNADO	1 Wsw Macks Creek, MO	NWS SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF1 TORNADO WITH 100-110 MPH WINDS DAMAGED A MOBILE HOME, OUTBUILDINGS AND TREES FROM 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF MACKS CREEK TO 1.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MACKS CREEK. MAXIMUM WIDTH 1/4 MILE.
Mar 6, 10:37 PM CST	TORNADO	1 S Rocky Mount, MO	EF0 TORNADO PRODUCED 75-85 MPH WINDS THAT DAMAGED OUTBUILDINGS AND DOCKS. MAX WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS WIDE.
Mar 6, 10:37 PM CST	TORNADO	2 S Rocky Mount, MO	EF0 TORNADO PRODUCED 75-85 MPH WINDS THAT DAMAGED OUTBUILDINGS AND DOCKS. MAX WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS WIDE.
Mar 6, 10:50 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sse Rocky Mount, MO	REPORTED AT OAK KNOLL ROAD, ROCKY MOUNT, MO PART OF BUILDING ON ROAD.
Mar 6, 10:50 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 N Laurie, MO	HWY 5 TREE LANDED ON HOUSE.

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 6, 6:51 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 319 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 542 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 8.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

439 
WFUS53 KSGF 070429
TORSGF
MOC029-131-141-070500-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0006.170307T0429Z-170307T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1029 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Miller County in central Missouri...
  Camden County in central Missouri...
  Southeastern Morgan County in central Missouri...

* Until 1100 PM CST
    
* At 1029 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located 7 miles north of Macks Creek, or 12 miles west
  of Camdenton, moving northeast at 45 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...
  Lake of The Ozarks...             Lake of The Ozarks State Park...
  Ha Ha Tonka State Park...         Osage Beach...
  Camdenton...                      Village of Four Seasons...
  Lake Ozark...                     Laurie...
  Sunrise Beach...                  Macks Creek...
  Linn Creek...                     Climax Springs...
  Rocky Mount...                    Green Bay Terrace...
  Lakeview...                       Freedom...
  Kaiser...                         Hurricane Deck...
  Old Linn Creek...                 Barnumton...

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 3794 9289 3790 9307 3818 9306 3835 9269
      3803 9253
TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 238DEG 38KT 3807 9295 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

Frye

1 follow-up statement

465 
WWUS53 KSGF 070437
SVSSGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1037 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

MOC029-131-141-070500-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170307T0500Z/
Miller MO-Camden MO-Morgan MO-
1037 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MILLER...CENTRAL CAMDEN AND SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN
COUNTIES...
    
At 1037 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Camdenton, moving northeast at 45 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...
Lake of The Ozarks...             Lake of The Ozarks State Park...
Ha Ha Tonka State Park...         Osage Beach...
Camdenton...                      Village of Four Seasons...
Lake Ozark...                     Laurie...
Sunrise Beach...                  Linn Creek...
Rocky Mount...                    Green Bay Terrace...
Lakeview...                       Freedom...
Kaiser...                         Hurricane Deck...
Old Linn Creek...                 Barnumton...
Purvis...                         Roach...

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 3795 9290 3798 9293 3818 9299 3835 9269
      3803 9253
TIME...MOT...LOC 0437Z 243DEG 38KT 3808 9282 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

Frye

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 6, 8:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	39 min
Mar 6, 9:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	53 min
Mar 6, 9:09 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas and 4 more	81 min
Mar 6, 9:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	59 min
Mar 6, 9:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory, St. Clair	56 min
Mar 6, 9:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	24 min
Mar 6, 9:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar	55 min
Mar 6, 9:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Stone, Taney	65 min
Mar 6, 9:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	19 min
Mar 6, 9:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	62 min
Mar 6, 10:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence and 3 more	60 min
Mar 6, 10:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Miller and 2 more	64 min
Mar 6, 10:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton	61 min
Mar 6, 10:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Dallas, Greene, Laclede, Lawrence, Polk and 1 more	56 min
Mar 6, 10:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, McDonald, Stone	64 min
Mar 6, 10:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede	41 min
Mar 6, 10:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Pulaski	40 min
Mar 6, 11:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Laclede, Pulaski and 3 more	58 min
Mar 6, 11:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Douglas, Stone, Taney	66 min
Mar 6, 11:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	63 min
Mar 6, 11:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark, Taney	47 min
Mar 6, 11:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	34 min
Mar 6, 11:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark	47 min
Mar 6, 11:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney	54 min
Mar 6, 11:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Laclede, Pulaski, Texas, Webster, Wright	62 min
Mar 7, 12:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	63 min
Mar 7, 12:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell	41 min
Mar 7, 12:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Taney	56 min
Mar 7, 12:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	49 min
Mar 7, 1:23 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Howell, Oregon	52 min
Mar 7, 2:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	13 min
Mar 7, 2:10 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	SGF	Barton, Benton, Cedar, Dade, Hickory, Jasper and 5 more	13 hr

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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.