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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2018, 6:09 PM CDT for Barry County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 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
- Aug 19, 2018, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2018, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Barry County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 6:28 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Nw Mcdowell, MO | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 1 NW MCDOWELL. SPOTTER CONFIRMS TORNADO ON THE GROUND 3 MILES SOUTH OF AURORA, MO. |
| Aug 19, 6:36 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 S Aurora, MO | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FOR 1 WNW OF MADRY. EF1 TORNADO STARTING JUST SOUTHWEST OF HWY Z AND 39 APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES SOUTH OF AURORA AND ENDING 1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARIONVILLE. MAX WINDS ESTIMATED 90MPH, WIDTH 100 YARDS AND DISTANCE 9 MILES. NUMER |
| Aug 19, 6:42 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Nw Mcdowell, MO | SPOTTER CONFIRMS TORNADO ON THE GROUND 3 MILES SOUTH OF AURORA, MO. |
| Aug 19, 6:42 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Wnw Madry, MO | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 1 WNW MADRY. EF1 TORNADO STARTING AT HWY Z AND 39 AND ENDING WEST OF MARIONVILLE. MAX WINDS ESTIMATED 90MPH, WIDTH 100 YARDS AND DISTANCE 9.4 MILES. NUMEROUS OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED, TREES UPROOTED, SOME POWER LINES DOWN, AND |
| Aug 19, 6:42 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Wnw Madry, MO | EF1 TORNADO STARTING AT HWY Z AND 39 AND ENDING WEST OF MARIONVILLE. MAX WINDS ESTIMATED 90MPH, WIDTH 100 YARDS AND DISTANCE 9.4 MILES. NUMEROUS OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED, TREES UPROOTED, SOME POWER LINES DOWN, AND TWO MOBILE HOMES WITH PARTIAL ROOFS REMOVED. START |
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 16 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.
376
WFUS53 KSGF 192309
TORSGF
MOC009-192345-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0034.180819T2309Z-180819T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
609 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2018
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Barry County in southwestern Missouri...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 609 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Cassville, moving north 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...
Cassville... Exeter...
Butterfield... Mcdowell...
Pleasant Ridge... Madry...
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 3666 9396 3693 9388 3692 9361 3665 9379
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 200DEG 24KT 3671 9388
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Burchfield1 follow-up statement
566
WWUS53 KSGF 192322
SVSSGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
622 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2018
MOC009-192345-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-180819T2345Z/
Barry MO-
622 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTY...
At 621 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Purdy, or 8 miles north of Cassville, moving north
at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Mcdowell... Pleasant Ridge...
Madry...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3676 9393 3693 9388 3692 9361 3672 9374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 200DEG 24KT 3679 9384
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
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, 5:32 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, 6:19 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.