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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Springfield, MO

January 30, 2021Barry County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2021, 4:44 PM CST for Barry County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 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, 4:44 PM CST (22:44 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2021, 5:15 PM CST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Barry County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 28 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.

580 
WFUS53 KSGF 302244
TORSGF
MOC009-302315-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0005.210130T2244Z-210130T2315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  West central Barry County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 515 PM CST.
    
* At 444 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Washburn, or 10 miles west of Cassville, 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...
  Cassville...                      Exeter...
  Butterfield...                    Wayne...
  Ridgley...                        

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 3670 9407 3679 9383 3665 9380 3661 9407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 249DEG 35KT 3665 9406 

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

$$

Perez

3 follow-up statements

254 
WWUS53 KSGF 302253
SVSSGF

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

MOC009-302315-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210130T2315Z/
Barry MO-
453 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR WEST
CENTRAL BARRY COUNTY...
    
At 453 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Exeter, or near Cassville, 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...
Cassville...                      Exeter...
Butterfield...                    

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 3670 9400 3679 9383 3665 9380 3664 9398
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 250DEG 35KT 3668 9395 

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

$$

Perez

658 
WWUS53 KSGF 302300
SVSSGF

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

MOC009-302315-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210130T2315Z/
Barry MO-
500 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
BARRY COUNTY...
    
At 459 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Cassville, 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...
Cassville...                      

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 3671 9393 3676 9382 3665 9380 3666 9391
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 253DEG 36KT 3669 9387 

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

$$

Perez

401 
WWUS53 KSGF 302305
SVSSGF

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

MOC009-302315-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210130T2315Z/
Barry MO-
505 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BARRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM
CST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3671 9393 3676 9382 3665 9380 3666 9391
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 249DEG 35KT 3671 9381 

$$

Perez

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, 3:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Newton	30 min
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, 5:11 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry	8 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.