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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2018, 5:32 PM CDT for Jasper County, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 19, 2018, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2018, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 5:47 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Wnw Reeds, MO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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.
141
WFUS53 KSGF 192232
TORSGF
MOC097-109-192315-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0030.180819T2232Z-180819T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
532 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2018
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Lawrence County in southwestern Missouri...
Southeastern Jasper County in southwestern Missouri...
* Until 615 PM CDT.
* At 532 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Duenweg, or near Carthage, moving east at 25 mph.
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...
Carthage... Sarcoxie...
Fidelity... Stotts City...
Avilla... La Russell...
Reeds... Red Oak...
Maple Grove...
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 44 between mile markers 15 and 42.
Interstate 49 between mile markers 36 and 42.
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 3705 9433 3706 9436 3716 9437 3729 9404
3729 9395 3705 9385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 249DEG 23KT 3710 9433
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Burchfield2 follow-up statements
866
WWUS53 KSGF 192247
SVSSGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
547 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2018
MOC097-109-192315-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-180819T2315Z/
Lawrence MO-Jasper MO-
547 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES...
At 546 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Carthage, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Sarcoxie... Stotts City...
Avilla... La Russell...
Reeds... Red Oak...
Maple Grove...
This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 21 and 42.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3705 9427 3719 9429 3729 9404 3729 9395
3705 9385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 249DEG 23KT 3713 9422
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Burchfield758
WWUS53 KSGF 192311
SVSSGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
611 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2018
MOC097-109-192321-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-180819T2315Z/
Lawrence MO-Jasper MO-
611 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN
JASPER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for southwestern
Missouri.
LAT...LON 3705 9427 3719 9429 3729 9404 3729 9395
3705 9385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 249DEG 23KT 3719 9404
$$
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, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Webster, Wright | 22 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, 5:35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.