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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO

February 6, 2019Christian County, Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2019, 11:36 PM CST for Christian County, Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 min. 4 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, 11:36 PM CST (05:36 UTC)
Expired: Feb 7, 2019, 12:15 AM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Christian County, MO, Webster County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 11:50 PM CST	HAIL 1	1 Ne Ponce De Leon, MO	SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTOS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON THE STONE/CHRISTIAN COUNTY LINE WEST OF HIGHLANDVILLE.
Feb 6, 11:55 PM CST	HAIL 1	1 Ssw Highlandville, MO	PUBLIC REPORT OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
Feb 6, 11:56 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Wsw Northview, MO	THREE SNAPPED POWER POLES AND TREES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HOLMAN ROAD AND MILL DAM ROAD.
Feb 7, 12:10 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Marshfield, MO	LARGE TREE DOWN AT WHISPERING OAKS COUNTRY CLUB. DELAYED REPORT. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 77 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

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The text

As transmitted.

636 
WFUS53 KSGF 070536
TORSGF
MOC043-225-070615-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0004.190207T0536Z-190207T0615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1136 PM CST WED FEB 6 2019

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Webster County in southwestern Missouri...
  Christian County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 1215 AM CST.
    
* At 1135 PM CST, severe thunderstorms capable of producing a tornado
  were located along a line extending from Republic to near Galena,
  moving east at 65 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...
  Nixa...                           Ozark...
  Marshfield...                     Rogersville...
  Seymour...                        Sparta...
  Highlandville...                  Fremont Hills...
  Fordland...                       Diggins...
  Spokane...                        Oldfield...
  Elkhead...                        Bruner...
  Selmore...                        Keltner...
  Northview...                      Christian Center...
  Chadwick...                       Linden...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 91 and 100.
 
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 3684 9334 3710 9335 3709 9306 3727 9306
      3735 9308 3738 9269 3727 9270 3726 9268
      3707 9268 3707 9290 3692 9291
TIME...MOT...LOC 0535Z 248DEG 56KT 3710 9348 3687 9349 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Cramer

1 follow-up statement

177 
WWUS53 KSGF 070615
SVSSGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1215 AM CST THU FEB 7 2019

MOC043-225-070625-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-190207T0615Z/
Webster MO-Christian MO-
1215 AM CST THU FEB 7 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEBSTER AND CHRISTIAN COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...

The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been 
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe 
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for Webster county.

LAT...LON 3684 9334 3710 9335 3709 9306 3727 9306
      3735 9308 3738 9269 3727 9270 3726 9268
      3707 9268 3707 9290 3692 9291
TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 248DEG 56KT 3733 9278 3710 9279 

$$

Burchfield

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, 11:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	40 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, 11:45 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.