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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

April 30, 2019Ozark County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2019, 3:42 PM CDT for Ozark County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 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: Apr 30, 2019, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2019, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

County Ozark County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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
Apr 30, 12:02 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	13 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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: 1237 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

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The text

As transmitted.

197 
WFUS53 KSGF 302042
TORSGF
MOC153-302130-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0013.190430T2042Z-190430T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
342 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2019

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Ozark County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 430 PM CDT.
    
* At 342 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Diamond City, or 15 miles northwest of Bull
  Shoals, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball 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...
  Bull Shoals Lake...               Gainesville...
  Theodosia...                      Pontiac...
  Sundown...                        Hardenville...
  Willhoit...                       Isabella...

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.

If on or near Bull Shoals Lake, get away from the water and move to 
safe shelter immediately. If you can hear thunder, you are close 
enough to be struck by lightning. Severe thunderstorms can produce 
large capsizing waves, even on small bodies of water. Move into dock 
and seek safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a 
thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 3659 9277 3673 9258 3671 9239 3658 9235
      3649 9256 3650 9277
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 241DEG 31KT 3650 9281 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

Cramer

1 follow-up statement

552 
WWUS53 KSGF 302120
SVSSGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
420 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2019

MOC153-302130-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190430T2130Z/
Ozark MO-
420 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OZARK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
430 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 1100 PM CDT for southwestern
Missouri.

LAT...LON 3659 9277 3673 9258 3671 9239 3658 9235
      3649 9256 3650 9277
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 241DEG 31KT 3665 9246 

$$

Cramer

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 8:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	13 days
Apr 29, 8:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	6 days
Apr 29, 8:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Bates, Vernon	17 days
Apr 30, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	33 hr
Apr 30, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	66 hr
Apr 30, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Stone	59 hr
Apr 30, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Laclede	65 hr
Apr 30, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Phelps	4 days
Apr 30, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	53 min
Apr 30, 1:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Vernon	6 hr
Apr 30, 2:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Vernon	6 hr
Apr 30, 2:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	46 min
Apr 30, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dent	33 min
Apr 30, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	64 min
Apr 30, 3:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	39 min
Apr 30, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Jasper, Lawrence	38 min
Apr 30, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark, Taney	50 min
Apr 30, 3:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene, Lawrence	31 min
Apr 30, 3:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Taney	17 min
Apr 30, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Newton	45 min
Apr 30, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Pulaski	39 min
Apr 30, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Ozark	24 min
Apr 30, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Cedar, Hickory	43 min
Apr 30, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Lawrence	41 min
Apr 30, 4:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	41 min
Apr 30, 4:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone	51 min
Apr 30, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	18 min
Apr 30, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	42 min
Apr 30, 4:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene, Lawrence	25 min
Apr 30, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	50 min
Apr 30, 4:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	52 min
Apr 30, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Maries	43 min
Apr 30, 5:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	46 min
Apr 30, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Newton	30 min
Apr 30, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Taney	44 min
Apr 30, 5:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	6 hr
Apr 30, 5:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Taney	44 min
Apr 30, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Taney	15 min
Apr 30, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, Newton	29 min
Apr 30, 6:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton	14 min
Apr 30, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Douglas	29 min
Apr 30, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	49 min
Apr 30, 6:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark, Taney	48 min
Apr 30, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Jasper, Lawrence, Newton	20 min
Apr 30, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, St. Clair and 1 more	39 min
Apr 30, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry	19 min
Apr 30, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton	49 min
Apr 30, 6:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas	49 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.