Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 27, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2018, 3:45 PM CDT for Webster County, Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 2018, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2018, 4:07 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1069 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
383
WFUS53 KSGF 192045
TORSGF
MOC225-229-192130-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0027.180819T2045Z-180819T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
345 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2018
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Webster County in southwestern Missouri...
West central Wright County in southwestern Missouri...
* Until 430 PM CDT.
* At 345 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Diggins, or 12 miles southeast of Marshfield,
moving northeast at 15 mph. This storm has a history of producing
a tornado.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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...
Duncan... Diggins...
Odin...
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 3715 9281 3718 9290 3737 9276 3728 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 227DEG 15KT 3718 9282
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Burchfield2 follow-up statements
307
WWUS53 KSGF 192051
SVSSGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
351 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2018
MOC225-229-192130-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-180819T2130Z/
Webster MO-Wright MO-
351 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL WEBSTER AND WEST CENTRAL WRIGHT COUNTIES...
At 351 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Diggins, or 10 miles southeast of Marshfield,
moving northeast at 20 mph. This storm has a history of producing a
tornado.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Duncan... Odin...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3719 9278 3722 9285 3737 9276 3728 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 220DEG 18KT 3722 9279
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Burchfield207
WWUS53 KSGF 192107
SVSSGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
407 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2018
MOC225-229-192117-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-180819T2130Z/
Webster MO-Wright MO-
407 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WEBSTER AND WEST CENTRAL
WRIGHT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for southwestern
Missouri.
LAT...LON 3719 9278 3722 9285 3737 9276 3728 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 227DEG 15KT 3727 9273
$$
BurchfieldThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Webster | 34 min |
| Aug 19, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Newton | 53 min |
| Aug 19, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton | 35 min |
| Aug 19, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Newton | 30 min |
| Aug 19, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper, Lawrence | 43 min |
| Aug 19, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 25 min |
| Aug 19, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Newton | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Vernon | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence and 3 more | 55 min |
| Aug 19, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dade, Lawrence | 26 min |
| Aug 19, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Polk, Stone | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.