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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO

March 6, 2022Ozark County, Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2022, 8:47 PM CST for Ozark County, Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 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
Mar 6, 2022, 8:47 PM CST (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2022, 9:15 PM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Ozark County, MO, Taney County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 6, 7:58 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2022-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2022-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 678 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
427 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
678 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
778 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

288 
WFUS53 KSGF 070247
TORSGF
MOC153-213-070315-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0003.220307T0247Z-220307T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
847 PM CST Sun Mar 6 2022

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

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

* Until 915 PM CST.
    
* At 847 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 10 miles north of Diamond City, or 14 miles southeast
  of Forsyth, moving northeast at 45 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...
  Theodosia...                      Thornfield...
  Rueter...                         Long Run...

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 3665 9301 3681 9268 3680 9267 3660 9259
      3652 9294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 244DEG 38KT 3661 9288 

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

$$

Wise
1 follow-up statement
396 
WWUS53 KSGF 070306 RRA
SVSSGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
906 PM CST Sun Mar 6 2022

MOC153-213-070316-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-220307T0315Z/
Ozark MO-Taney MO-
906 PM CST Sun Mar 6 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OZARK AND SOUTHEASTERN TANEY
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CST for southwestern
Missouri.

LAT...LON 3665 9301 3681 9268 3680 9267 3660 9259
      3652 9294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 244DEG 38KT 3669 9267 

$$

Wise

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 6:49 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFLawrence, Newton5 hr
Mar 6, 7:11 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFChristian34 min
Mar 6, 7:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarry37 min
Mar 6, 7:58 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFOzark, Taney47 min
Mar 6, 8:04 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFWright26 min
Mar 6, 8:06 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFChristian24 min
Mar 6, 8:26 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFChristian, Webster34 min
Mar 6, 8:28 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedSGFDouglas, Ozark47 min
Mar 6, 8:35 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTaney25 min
Mar 6, 8:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney34 min
Mar 6, 9:01 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFLaclede, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski6 hr
Mar 6, 9:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark56 min
Mar 6, 9:12 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDent33 min
Mar 6, 9:18 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFShannon57 min
Mar 6, 9:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Ozark, Texas42 min
Mar 6, 9:37 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFDouglas, Ozark6 hr
Mar 6, 9:50 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFOzark40 min
Mar 6, 10:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Oregon, Shannon, Texas55 min
Mar 6, 10:12 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFHowell, Shannon, Texas21 min
Mar 6, 10:43 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFHowell, Oregon17 min
Mar 6, 10:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon, Shannon33 min
Mar 6, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFOregon30 min
Mar 6, 11:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFOregon30 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.