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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Springfield, MO

April 28, 2021Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2021, 9:14 AM CDT for Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 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: Apr 28, 2021, 9:14 AM CDT (14:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2021, 9:45 AM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Taney County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:12 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
Apr 28, 9:25 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Branson, MO	LARGE TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 76 NEAR THE HIGHROAD AND SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS OUTDOOR THEATER.
Apr 28, 9:30 AM CDT	TORNADO	3 W Walnut Shade, MO	NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED AN EF0 TORNADO WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AT THIS LOCATION. MINOR RESIDENTIAL DAMAGE AND SNAPPED TREES WERE OBSERVED. PATH WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS.
Apr 28, 9:37 AM CDT	TORNADO	2 N Walnut Shade, MO	CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 2 N WALNUT SHADE. NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED AN EF0 TORNADO WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 76 MPH BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AT THIS LOCATION. MINOR RESIDENTIAL DAMAGE ALONG WITH SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES WERE OBSERVED. ONE LARGE TRE
Apr 28, 9:37 AM CDT	TORNADO	2 N Walnut Shade, MO	NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED AN EF0 TORNADO WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AT THIS LOCATION. MINOR RESIDENTIAL DAMAGE ALONG WITH SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES WERE OBSERVED. ONE LARGE TREE FELL INTO A HOUSE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PATH WID

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 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 57 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: 34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1441 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

433 
WFUS53 KSGF 281414
TORSGF
MOC213-281445-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0016.210428T1414Z-210428T1445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
914 AM CDT Wed Apr 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Taney County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 945 AM CDT.
    
* At 913 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Indian Point, or near Kimberling City, moving east
  at 40 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...
  Branson...                        Lake Taneycomo...
  Table Rock Lake...                Table Rock State Park...
  Hollister...                      Forsyth...
  Merriam Woods...                  Kissee Mills...
  Rockaway Beach...                 Bull Creek...
  Taneyville...                     Table Rock...
  Kirbyville...                     Powersite...
  Ozark Beach...                    Walnut Shade...
  Edgewater Beach...                

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 3678 9331 3682 9324 3681 9300 3661 9301
      3656 9331
TIME...MOT...LOC 1413Z 251DEG 34KT 3663 9335 

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

$$

Perez

2 follow-up statements

434 
WWUS53 KSGF 281415
SVSSGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
915 AM CDT Wed Apr 28 2021

MOC213-281445-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210428T1445Z/
Taney MO-
915 AM CDT Wed Apr 28 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR
 TANEY COUNTY...
    
At 915 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Indian Point, or near Branson, moving east at 40
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...
Branson...                        Lake Taneycomo...
Table Rock Lake...                Table Rock State Park...
Hollister...                      Forsyth...
Merriam Woods...                  Kissee Mills...
Rockaway Beach...                 Bull Creek...
Taneyville...                     Table Rock...
Kirbyville...                     Powersite...
Ozark Beach...                    Walnut Shade...
Edgewater Beach...                

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 3678 9331 3682 9324 3681 9300 3661 9301
      3656 9331
TIME...MOT...LOC 1415Z 251DEG 34KT 3664 9332 

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

$$

Perez

647 
WWUS53 KSGF 281429
SVSSGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
929 AM CDT Wed Apr 28 2021

MOC213-281445-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210428T1445Z/
Taney MO-
929 AM CDT Wed Apr 28 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR
 TANEY COUNTY...
    
At 929 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Branson West, or near Branson, moving northeast at
25 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...
Branson...                        Lake Taneycomo...
Table Rock Lake...                Table Rock State Park...
Hollister...                      Forsyth...
Merriam Woods...                  Kissee Mills...
Rockaway Beach...                 Bull Creek...
Taneyville...                     Table Rock...
Kirbyville...                     Powersite...
Ozark Beach...                    Walnut Shade...
Edgewater Beach...                

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 3678 9331 3682 9324 3681 9300 3661 9301
      3656 9331
TIME...MOT...LOC 1429Z 221DEG 23KT 3673 9327 

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

$$

Perez

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 4:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dade, Greene, Lawrence	27 min
Apr 28, 8:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	44 min
Apr 28, 8:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald	6 hr
Apr 28, 8:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	33 min
Apr 28, 8:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	6 hr
Apr 28, 8:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone	39 min
Apr 28, 9:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Stone	27 min
Apr 28, 9:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	42 min
Apr 28, 9:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Taney	6 hr
Apr 28, 9:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney	68 min
Apr 28, 9:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Taney	32 min
Apr 28, 9:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	44 hr
Apr 28, 9:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	11 hr
Apr 28, 9:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Stone	10 hr
Apr 28, 9:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald	23 hr
Apr 28, 9:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	51 hr
Apr 28, 10:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Webster	31 min
Apr 28, 10:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark, Taney, Webster, Wright	6 hr
Apr 28, 10:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Taney, Webster, Wright	39 min
Apr 28, 10:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Ozark	36 min
Apr 28, 10:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark	6 hr
Apr 28, 10:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark	32 min
Apr 28, 11:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Howell, Texas	6 hr
Apr 28, 11:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	33 min
Apr 28, 11:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell	22 min
Apr 28, 11:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Shannon	41 min
Apr 28, 12:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas, Wright	6 hr
Apr 28, 12:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Shannon	28 min
Apr 28, 12:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	6 hr
Apr 28, 12:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	30 min
Apr 28, 1:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald	6 hr
Apr 28, 2:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald	6 hr
Apr 28, 2:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Douglas, McDonald, Ozark, Stone and 2 more	29 hr
Apr 28, 2:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark, Webster, Wright	24 hr
Apr 28, 3:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Howell, Oregon, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon and 1 more	24 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.