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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Springfield, MO

January 30, 2021Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2021, 3:30 PM CST for Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 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: Jan 30, 2021, 3:30 PM CST (21:30 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2021, 4:00 PM CST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 43 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: 827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 481 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 593 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

707 
WFUS53 KSGF 302130
TORSGF
MOC145-302200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0001.210130T2130Z-210130T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
330 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Eastern Newton County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 400 PM CST.
    
* At 330 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Neosho, moving east at 35 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...
  Neosho...                         Granby...
  Newtonia...                       Wentworth...
  Stark City...                     Ritchey...

This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 25 and 27.
 
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 3693 9446 3705 9407 3690 9407 3677 9435
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 248DEG 31KT 3689 9432 

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

$$

Lindenberg

1 follow-up statement

964 
WWUS53 KSGF 302137
SVSSGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
337 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021

MOC145-302200-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210130T2200Z/
Newton MO-
337 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY...
    
At 337 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Granby, or near Neosho, moving east at 30 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...
Granby...                         Newtonia...
Wentworth...                      Ritchey...

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 3693 9436 3705 9407 3690 9407 3683 9430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 254DEG 27KT 3689 9427 

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

$$

Lindenberg

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 30, 9:19 AM CST	River Flood Watch	SGF	Vernon	16 hr
Jan 30, 3:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	30 min
Jan 30, 3:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, Newton	24 min
Jan 30, 4:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	35 min
Jan 30, 4:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Lawrence	23 min
Jan 30, 4:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry	31 min
Jan 30, 5:11 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry	8 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.