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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO

February 6, 2019Greene County, Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2019, 11:22 PM CST for Greene County, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 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, 11:22 PM CST (05:22 UTC)
Expired
Feb 7, 2019, 12:00 AM CST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Greene County, MO, Lawrence County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:23 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 6, 11:34 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG1 W Republic, MOCORRECTS TIME FROM AM TO PM ON PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 W REPUBLIC. DAMAGE TO ROOF SHINGLES OF RESIDENCE. TIME BASED ON RADAR.
Feb 6, 11:40 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 605 Sse Willard, MO60 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED AT SGF ASOS.
Feb 6, 11:45 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG1 Se Springfield, MOREPORT OF A DOWNED UTILITY POLE ON A CAR FROM THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST.
Feb 6, 11:45 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG3 Wnw Galloway, MOA TREE WAS DOWNED ACROSS PRIMROSE ST. WEST OF NATIONAL AVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Feb 6, 11:46 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG2 E Springfield, MOTREES DOWN EAST CHERRY AND OAK GROVE IN SPRINGFIELD.
Feb 6, 11:55 PM CSTHAIL 1.754 E Fair Grove, MOONE INCH TO ONE AND THREE QUARTERS INCH HAIL. RELAYED BY MEDIA FROM THE PUBLIC.

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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 41 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2019-02-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2019-02-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 399 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

405 
WFUS53 KSGF 070522
TORSGF
MOC077-109-070600-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0003.190207T0522Z-190207T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1122 PM CST WED FEB 6 2019

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Lawrence County in southwestern Missouri...
  Greene County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until midnight CST.
    
* At 1121 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located near Aurora, 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...
  Springfield...                    Republic...
  Battlefield...                    Willard...
  Mount Vernon...                   Strafford...
  Fair Grove...                     Brookline...
  Halltown...                       Chesapeake...
  Glidewell...                      Ebenezer...
  Bassville...                      Turners...
  Bois D'arc...                     Galloway...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 47 and 90.
 
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 3710 9360 3710 9361 3705 9385 3710 9380
      3723 9361 3742 9329 3741 9308 3709 9307
TIME...MOT...LOC 0521Z 244DEG 72KT 3702 9372 

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

$$

Cramer
1 follow-up statement
269 
WWUS53 KSGF 070549
SVSSGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1149 PM CST WED FEB 6 2019

MOC109-070558-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190207T0600Z/
Lawrence MO-
1149 PM CST WED FEB 6 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3742 9329 3741 9308 3709 9307 3710 9340
      3718 9343
TIME...MOT...LOC 0548Z 244DEG 59KT 3722 9319 

$$

MOC077-070600-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190207T0600Z/
Greene MO-
1149 PM CST WED FEB 6 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR EASTERN
GREENE COUNTY...
    
At 1148 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Springfield, moving northeast at 70 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...
Springfield...                    Battlefield...
Strafford...                      Fair Grove...
Brookline...                      Glidewell...
Ebenezer...                       Bassville...
Turners...                        Galloway...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 70 and 90.
 
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 3742 9329 3741 9308 3709 9307 3710 9340
      3718 9343
TIME...MOT...LOC 0548Z 244DEG 59KT 3722 9319 

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

$$

Burchfield

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 8:16 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFVernon59 min
Feb 6, 8:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair, Vernon29 min
Feb 6, 10:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Dallas, Greene, Polk44 min
Feb 6, 10:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarton40 min
Feb 6, 10:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton54 min
Feb 6, 10:43 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper6 hr
Feb 6, 10:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Laclede42 min
Feb 6, 10:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone61 min
Feb 6, 11:05 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Stone40 min
Feb 6, 11:11 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Lawrence34 min
Feb 6, 11:36 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Webster39 min
Feb 6, 11:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone15 min
Feb 6, 11:52 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Stone, Taney38 min
Feb 7, 12:01 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFWebster14 min
Feb 7, 12:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas65 min
Feb 7, 12:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster, Wright45 min
Feb 7, 12:20 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Douglas40 min
Feb 7, 12:38 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningSGFCamden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede and 4 more12 hr
Feb 7, 12:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Texas, Wright34 min
Feb 7, 2:39 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton9 hr
Feb 7, 4:48 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper6 hr
Feb 7, 4:56 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFHowell49 min
Feb 7, 5:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Oregon17 min
Feb 7, 5:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon, Shannon23 min
Feb 7, 6:01 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFOzark29 min
Feb 7, 7:20 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFOregon25 min
Feb 7, 8:55 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningSGFChristian, Dent, Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Shannon and 5 more8 hr
Feb 7, 9:42 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningSGFHowell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon10 hr
Feb 7, 12:39 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningSGFDallas, Hickory, Polk3 hr
Feb 7, 4:44 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningSGFChristian, Dent, Douglas, Greene, Howell, Ozark and 5 more17 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.