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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2019, 8:00 PM CDT for Benton County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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
- May 22, 2019, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2019, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Benton County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Lincoln, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2061 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1242 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 17.1
The text
As transmitted.
600
WFUS53 KSGF 230100
TORSGF
MOC015-230130-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0072.190523T0100Z-190523T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
800 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Benton County in central Missouri...
* Until 830 PM CDT.
* At 800 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles west of Warsaw, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
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...
Truman Lake... Truman State Park...
Warsaw... Lincoln...
Palo Pinto... Racket...
Edmonson...
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3841 9317 3824 9324 3823 9353 3836 9352
3848 9334
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 243DEG 33KT 3827 9355
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
HatchThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 67 min |
| May 22, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 64 min |
| May 22, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 47 min |
| May 22, 7:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Jasper, St. Clair, Vernon | 6 hr |
| May 22, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 51 min |
| May 22, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 64 min |
| May 22, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Vernon | 42 min |
| May 22, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 52 min |
| May 22, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 51 min |
| May 22, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 62 min |
| May 22, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Vernon | 19 min |
| May 22, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 41 min |
| May 22, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton | 34 min |
| May 22, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton | 31 min |
| May 22, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 20 min |
| May 22, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | St. Clair, Vernon | 26 min |
| May 22, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 41 min |
| May 22, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 44 min |
| May 22, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 24 min |
| May 22, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Dade | 45 min |
| May 22, 9:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 8 hr |
| May 22, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton | 27 min |
| May 22, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Cedar | 38 min |
| May 22, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Morgan | 36 min |
| May 22, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon | 48 min |
| May 22, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Polk | 42 min |
| May 22, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald | 50 min |
| May 22, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Dade | 34 min |
| May 22, 9:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair | 8 hr |
| May 22, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Polk | 29 min |
| May 22, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Polk | 35 min |
| May 22, 10:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 8 hr |
| May 22, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Vernon | 43 min |
| May 22, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 12 min |
| May 22, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dallas, Hickory, Polk | 45 min |
| May 22, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller, Morgan | 52 min |
| May 22, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Miller, Morgan | 30 min |
| May 22, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Laclede | 18 min |
| May 22, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Miller | 16 min |
| May 22, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair | 65 min |
| May 23, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede | 40 min |
| May 23, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Polk | 42 min |
| May 23, 12:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Laclede | 23 min |
| May 23, 1:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Laclede, Pulaski | 49 min |
| May 23, 1:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller, Pulaski | 32 min |
| May 23, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 56 min |
| May 23, 1:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 46 min |
| May 23, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski | 37 min |
| May 23, 1:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 34 min |
| May 23, 2:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 9 hr |
| May 23, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 62 min |
| May 23, 2:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Pulaski | 38 min |
| May 23, 2:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Greene | 46 min |
| May 23, 2:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps | 24 min |
| May 23, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Greene, Polk | 53 min |
| May 23, 3:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Lawrence | 40 min |
| May 23, 3:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Webster | 44 min |
| May 23, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 22 min |
| May 23, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 8 hr |
| May 23, 4:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Jasper | 49 min |
| May 23, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 52 min |
| May 23, 4:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Texas | 42 min |
| May 23, 5:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| May 23, 5:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Lawrence | 47 min |
| May 23, 5:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene, Lawrence | 6 hr |
| May 23, 6:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Greene | 40 min |
| May 23, 6:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 6 hr |
| May 23, 6:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 57 hr |
| May 23, 8:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Lawrence | 2 hr |
| May 23, 9:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede, Polk, Webster | 3 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.