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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Springfield, MO

October 24, 2021Morgan County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2021, 5:01 PM CDT for Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 16 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: Oct 24, 2021, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired: Oct 24, 2021, 5:17 PM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Morgan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 24, 2:06 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 209 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: 860 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 737 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

913 
WFUS53 KSGF 242201
TORSGF
MOC141-242230-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0027.211024T2201Z-211024T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
501 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Morgan County in central Missouri...

* Until 530 PM CDT.
    
* At 501 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Smithton, or near Sedalia, moving northeast at 50
  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...
  Syracuse...                       

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 3868 9284 3862 9284 3862 9306 3865 9307
      3869 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 240DEG 42KT 3870 9313 

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

$$

Perez

1 follow-up statement

411 
WWUS53 KSGF 242217
SVSSGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
517 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

MOC141-242227-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-211024T2230Z/
Morgan MO-
517 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central
Missouri.

LAT...LON 3868 9284 3862 9284 3862 9306 3865 9307
      3869 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 240DEG 42KT 3880 9292 

$$

Perez

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 24, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon, Texas	42 min
Oct 24, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Miller, Pulaski	39 min
Oct 24, 6:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Miller, Pulaski	36 min

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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.