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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Springfield, MO

February 6, 2019Barry County, Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2019, 11:05 PM CST for Barry County, Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 min. 6 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: Feb 6, 2019, 11:05 PM CST (05:05 UTC)
Expired: Feb 6, 2019, 11:45 PM CST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Barry County, MO, Stone County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:09 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
Feb 6, 11:05 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 69	1 Nnw Wheaton, MO	CWOP SITE RECORDED 69 MPH WIND GUST.
Feb 6, 11:12 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ne Pioneer, MO	DAMAGE TO BARNS ON 97 HIGHWAY IN BARRY COUNTY. ONE MILE SOUTH OF PULASKIFIELD AND AGAIN 2 MILES SOUTH OF PULASKIFIELD. TIME BASED ON RADAR. VIA FACEBOOK POST.
Feb 6, 11:14 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nw Purdy, MO	COOP WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED HEAVY DAMAGE TO A CONCRETE SILO; TELEPHONE LINES SNAPPED.
Feb 6, 11:15 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nnw Purdy, MO	TREES DOWN, LIMBS, CALF HUTCHES BLOWN 200 YARDS EAST. ESTIMATED 75 MPH WINDS. TIME BASED ON RADAR.
Feb 6, 11:15 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nw Purdy, MO	SEVERAL AREAS OF DAMAGE IN NORTHWEST BARRY COUNTY AND POSSIBLY SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY. A CONCRETE SILO WAS DESTROYED, ALONG WITH A ROOF RIPPED OFF OF A COMPANY SOUTH OF MONETT. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE OCCURRED IN MONETT, WITH MORE DETAILS COMING FROM THE EMD IN TH
Feb 6, 11:46 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ene Cape Fair, MO	LATE SPOTTER REPORT OUT OF STONE COUNTY. 42 INCH DIAMETER TREE FELL DURING THE WIND. 1 MILE WEST OF HH HWY 76.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 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.

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 399 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 372 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

643 
WFUS53 KSGF 070505
TORSGF
MOC009-209-070545-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0001.190207T0505Z-190207T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1105 PM CST WED FEB 6 2019

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Stone County in southwestern Missouri...
  Northern Barry County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 1145 PM CST.
    
* At 1104 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located near Wheaton, or 10 miles southwest of Monett,
  moving northeast at 85 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...
  Table Rock Lake...                Cassville...
  Crane...                          Purdy...
  Reeds Spring...                   Exeter...
  Wheaton...                        Indian Point...
  Branson West...                   Butterfield...
  Galena...                         Mccord Bend...
  Pioneer...                        Hurley...
  Cape Fair...                      Wheelerville...
  Jenkins...                        Ponce de Leon...
  Mcdowell...                       Pleasant Ridge...

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.

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 3666 9407 3685 9406 3693 9383 3692 9362
      3699 9361 3700 9360 3699 9334 3682 9334
      3682 9331 3667 9331 3666 9359
TIME...MOT...LOC 0504Z 244DEG 72KT 3679 9401 

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

$$

Cramer

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 6, 8:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Vernon	59 min
Feb 6, 8:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair, Vernon	29 min
Feb 6, 10:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk	44 min
Feb 6, 10:20 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barton	40 min
Feb 6, 10:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton	54 min
Feb 6, 10:43 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	6 hr
Feb 6, 10:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede	42 min
Feb 6, 10:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone	61 min
Feb 6, 11:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Lawrence	34 min
Feb 6, 11:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Greene, Lawrence	38 min
Feb 6, 11:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Webster	39 min
Feb 6, 11:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone	15 min
Feb 6, 11:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone, Taney	38 min
Feb 7, 12:01 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Webster	14 min
Feb 7, 12:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas	65 min
Feb 7, 12:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster, Wright	45 min
Feb 7, 12:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas	40 min
Feb 7, 12:38 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede and 4 more	12 hr
Feb 7, 12:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede, Texas, Wright	34 min
Feb 7, 2:39 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton	9 hr
Feb 7, 4:48 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	6 hr
Feb 7, 4:56 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Howell	49 min
Feb 7, 5:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon	17 min
Feb 7, 5:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	23 min
Feb 7, 6:01 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Ozark	29 min
Feb 7, 7:20 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Oregon	25 min
Feb 7, 8:55 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Dent, Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Shannon and 5 more	8 hr
Feb 7, 9:42 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon	10 hr
Feb 7, 12:39 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas, Hickory, Polk	3 hr
Feb 7, 4:44 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Dent, Douglas, Greene, Howell, Ozark and 5 more	17 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.