Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2021, 3:45 PM CST for Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas. 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, 3:45 PM CST (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2021, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Cherokee County, KS, Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
851
WFUS53 KSGF 302145
TORSGF
KSC021-MOC097-145-302215-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0002.210130T2145Z-210130T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
345 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas...
Northwestern Newton County in southwestern Missouri...
Southwestern Jasper County in southwestern Missouri...
* Until 415 PM CST.
* At 344 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Baxter Springs, 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...
Joplin... Webb City...
Baxter Springs... Galena...
Duquesne... Duenweg...
Loma Linda... Leawood...
Lowell... Silver Creek...
Shoal Creek Drive... Saginaw...
Redings Mill... Grand Falls Plaza...
Shoal Creek Estates... Dennis Acres...
Cliff Village... Oakland Park...
Iron Gates...
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 44 between mile markers 0 and 13.
Interstate 49 between mile markers 30 and 35.
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 3703 9480 3713 9440 3697 9438 3696 9462
3700 9462 3700 9479
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 254DEG 24KT 3701 9474
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Lindenberg1 follow-up statement
029
WWUS53 KSGF 302200
SVSSGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
400 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021
KSC021-302209-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210130T2215Z/
Cherokee KS-
400 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3706 9462 3713 9440 3702 9439 3698 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 261DEG 30KT 3702 9456
$$
MOC097-145-302215-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210130T2215Z/
Newton MO-Jasper MO-
400 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN NEWTON AND SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTIES...
At 359 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Shoal Creek Drive, or near Joplin, 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...
Joplin... Duquesne...
Duenweg... Loma Linda...
Leawood... Silver Creek...
Shoal Creek Drive... Saginaw...
Redings Mill... Grand Falls Plaza...
Shoal Creek Estates... Dennis Acres...
Cliff Village... Iron Gates...
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 44 between mile markers 0 and 13.
Interstate 49 between mile markers 33 and 35.
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 3706 9462 3713 9440 3702 9439 3698 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 261DEG 30KT 3702 9456
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
LindenbergThe 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, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | 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
Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 2021Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2021Every tornado warning in 2021Tornadoes in 2021
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.