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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Springfield, MO

December 1, 2018Texas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Dec 1, 2018, 2:05 AM CST for Texas County, Missouri. It was in force for 8 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: Dec 1, 2018, 2:05 AM CST (08:05 UTC)
Expired: Dec 1, 2018, 2:13 AM CST
In force: 8 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Texas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 30, 9:47 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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The text

As transmitted.

949 
WFUS53 KSGF 010805
TORSGF
MOC215-010830-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0043.181201T0805Z-181201T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
205 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2018

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Texas County in south central Missouri...

* Until 230 AM CST.
    
* At 205 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Houston, 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...
  Licking...                        Houston...
  Raymondville...                   Bucyrus...
  Prescott...                       

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3725 9208 3737 9215 3760 9194 3759 9176
      3735 9175
TIME...MOT...LOC 0805Z 222DEG 39KT 3732 9208 

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

$$

Hatch

1 follow-up statement

777 
WWUS53 KSGF 010813
SVSSGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
213 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2018

MOC215-010823-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-181201T0830Z/
Texas MO-
213 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2018

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN TEXAS COUNTY 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 500 AM CST for south central
Missouri.

Remember, a Tornado Warning still remains in effect for eastern 
Texas Coutny.

LAT...LON 3725 9208 3737 9215 3760 9194 3759 9176
      3735 9175
TIME...MOT...LOC 0811Z 222DEG 39KT 3738 9201 

$$

Hatch

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 30, 7:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barton, Jasper	48 min
Nov 30, 7:53 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Ozark	52 min
Nov 30, 8:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Taney	50 min
Nov 30, 9:24 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Webster	51 min
Nov 30, 10:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Webster	33 min
Nov 30, 11:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, McDonald, Newton	40 min
Nov 30, 11:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Vernon	50 min
Dec 1, 12:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 1 more	41 min
Dec 1, 12:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, St. Clair, Vernon	65 min
Dec 1, 12:34 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Lawrence, Stone	26 min
Dec 1, 12:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Taney	39 min
Dec 1, 12:47 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene	28 min
Dec 1, 12:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark	64 min
Dec 1, 12:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Hickory, Polk	61 min
Dec 1, 1:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Webster	58 min
Dec 1, 1:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Webster	26 min
Dec 1, 1:23 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Greene, Webster	18 min
Dec 1, 1:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede, Wright	54 min
Dec 1, 1:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	61 min
Dec 1, 1:30 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Webster, Wright	30 min
Dec 1, 1:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Texas	57 min
Dec 1, 1:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Morgan, Pulaski	60 min
Dec 1, 1:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell, Shannon, Texas	23 min
Dec 1, 1:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	49 min
Dec 1, 2:10 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Shannon, Texas	20 min
Dec 1, 2:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Maries, Phelps	63 min
Dec 1, 2:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Shannon	30 min

Nearby

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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.