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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Springfield, MO

May 26, 2024Dent County, Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2024, 5:48 PM CDT for Dent County, Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 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: May 26, 2024, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2024, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Dent County, MO, Shannon County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 26, 4:01 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 232 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: 505 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 368 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 742 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 12.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

499 
WFUS53 KSGF 262248
TORSGF
MOC065-203-262315-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0071.240526T2248Z-240526T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
548 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Shannon County in south central Missouri...
  Southeastern Dent County in south central Missouri...

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 548 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 11 miles southwest of Bunker, or 21 miles southeast of
  Salem, 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...
  Echo Bluff State Park, Current River State Park, Ozark National
  Scenic Riverways, Bunker, and Midridge.

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 3729 9116 3730 9147 3738 9148 3750 9125
      3750 9122 3742 9121 3741 9117 3732 9118
      3731 9116
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 259DEG 30KT 3736 9138 

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

$$

Perez

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 26, 3:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Severe thunderstorms are likely this afternoon/evening with large hail up to tennis balls, damaging winds up to 80 mph, and a few tornadoes possible. Chance of strong tornadoes along and east of HWY 63.
Flood Watch in effect until 1 AM for most of the area.
Expect a bit calmer week with temperatures near seasonal norms.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 3:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Springfield MO
334 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Severe thunderstorms are likely this afternoon/evening with
  large hail up to tennis balls, damaging winds up to 80 mph,
  and a few tornadoes possible. Chance of strong tornadoes along
  and east of HWY 63.

- Flood Watch in effect until 1 AM for most of the area.

- Expect a bit calmer week with temperatures near seasonal
  norms.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
Issued at 326 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

SPC has upgraded areas east of HWY 65 to a Moderate Risk for
today. Latest surface analysis shows a warm front draped over SW MO
following a boundary from JLN to BBG. Probability of lightning over
a band of showers just north of the front from Butler to Jefferson
City has started to increase. Storm initialization is expected
to start over central MO and will continue to spread southward.
Rapid destabilization is occurring for areas east of HWY 65.
Dewpoints are in the mid 70s with agitated cumulus taking over
most of the area. Our 19z special balloon sounding is showing
40-55 knots of deep layer shear, mid-level lapse rates of 8
degrees/km with 3000 J/kg of MLCAPE and 4300 J/kg of MUCAPE with
a weak cap.

With a primed atmosphere in place this afternoon, supercells will be
favorable over the next few hours especially as the cold front over
central OK continues to push east. All modes of severe weather are
possible with golf ball to tennis ball sized hail and 60-70 mph wind
gusts with these storms. A few tornadoes are possible especially for
southeastern MO for areas east of HWY 63. Any supercells that
get going in that area could produce a strong tornado or two
(EF2+). Storms have already begun to pop up in NE OK and central
MO. Convection is expected to continue through the afternoon
into the evening hours. Storms should be out of the area by
10pm-12am.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Issued at 326 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

On Monday expect a break in active weather with highs in the 80s,
another strong upper level wave will drop southeast over the upper
Mississippi valley region and into the Great Lakes region Tuesday
into Tuesday night. This will keep us in a northwest flow pattern
into the middle of the week with surface high pressure being
reinforced over the region. Dry and slightly cooler temperatures are
expected during this period.

High pressure will shift eastward during the end of the week and
will allow moisture to start creeping back into the area over the
western CWA with precipitation chances increasing over the area from
late in the week into the upcoming weekend(20-50%).

Temperatures in the later part of the long term will be near
seasonal norms.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/...
Issued at 1234 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

VFR for the next couple of hours before thunderstorms start to
initiate this afternoon into the early evening hours. Have
included TEMPO groups for SGF and BBG as storms are expected
mostly east of I-49. Storms are expected to push east out of the
area before midnight. Then, VFR ceilings return.

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...None.
MO...Flood Watch until 1 AM CDT Monday for MOZ055>058-067>071-
     078>083-089>098-101>106.

&&

SHORT TERM...Soria
LONG TERM...Soria
AVIATION...Soria

Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 3:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
357 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-272100-
Bourbon-Crawford-Cherokee-Benton-Morgan-Miller-Maries-Vernon-
St. Clair-Hickory-Camden-Pulaski-Phelps-Barton-Cedar-Polk-Dallas-
Laclede-Texas-Dent-Jasper-Dade-Greene-Webster-Wright-Newton-
Lawrence-Christian-Douglas-Howell-Shannon-McDonald-Barry-Stone-
Taney-Ozark-Oregon-
357 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri
Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Elevated tornado risk.
  Significant hail risk.
  Significant thunderstorm wind damage risk.
  Elevated lightning risk.
  Elevated excessive rainfall risk

DISCUSSION...

Severe storms will continue to push across the eastern Ozarks
this afternoon/evening with the risk of tornadoes, damaging wind
gusts up to 80 mph and up to baseball size hail. In addition,
heavy rain may produce some areas of flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Additional thunderstorms will be possible late in the week into
next weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 Spotter activation may be needed later today or tonight across
the entire area.

&&

More detailed information can be accessed at:
http://www.weather.gov/sgf/dsspacket

This product in graphical format...along with other weather...
hydrological and climate information...at
http://www.weather.gov/sgf

Soria

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 4:53 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
453 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0449 PM     Hail             3 NE Polk               37.76N 93.27W
05/26/2024  E1.00 Inch       Polk               MO   Amateur Radio

&&

MB

Local storm report, May 26, 4:54 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
454 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0422 PM     Hail             3 N Lebanon             37.72N 92.67W
05/26/2024  E3.00 Inch       Laclede            MO   Emergency Mngr

&&

MB

Local storm report, May 26, 5:11 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
511 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0332 AM     Tornado          1 N Bradleyville        36.79N 92.91W
05/26/2024                   Taney              MO   NWS Storm Survey

            Early Sunday morning, an EF0 tornado crossed
            Highway 125 1 mile north of Bradleyville,
            downing tree branches, then uprooting trees
            east of the Highway. Swirl marks were
            evident as the tornado tracked across an
            open field then damaged trees into a hill to
            the northwest before dissipating.

&&

SR

Local storm report, May 26, 5:28 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
528 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     Hail             2 SW Graff              37.30N 92.31W
05/26/2024  E2.75 Inch       Wright             MO   Public

            Report from mPING: Baseball (2.75 in.).

&&

MB

Local storm report, May 26, 5:29 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
529 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0505 PM     Hail             3 SW Waynesville        37.81N 92.24W
05/26/2024  E1.00 Inch       Pulaski            MO   Public

            Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

&&

MB

Local storm report, May 26, 5:35 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
535 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0507 PM     Hail             4 NNW Willow Springs    37.04N 92.01W
05/26/2024  E1.75 Inch       Howell             MO   Emergency Mngr

&&

MB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barton, Jasper	19 min
May 25, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon	42 min
May 25, 11:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade	23 min
May 25, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	46 min
May 25, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Polk	65 min
May 25, 11:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	23 min
May 26, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	45 min
May 26, 12:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Polk	44 min
May 26, 12:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Polk	16 min
May 26, 1:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	3 hr
May 26, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald	49 min
May 26, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	McDonald, Newton	54 min
May 26, 3:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	6 hr
May 26, 3:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone	44 min
May 26, 3:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Vernon	65 min
May 26, 3:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton	42 min
May 26, 3:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Taney	46 min
May 26, 3:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster, Wright	44 min
May 26, 3:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Taney	28 min
May 26, 3:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Webster, Wright	24 min
May 26, 3:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade, Lawrence	24 min
May 26, 3:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	SGF	Wright	31 min
May 26, 3:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone, Taney	41 min
May 26, 3:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Ozark, Taney	24 min
May 26, 4:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas	57 min
May 26, 4:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Hickory, Laclede and 2 more	41 min
May 26, 4:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dade, Polk	6 hr
May 26, 4:07 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Ozark	38 min
May 26, 4:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Wright	25 min
May 26, 4:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas	12 min
May 26, 4:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	SGF	Douglas	37 min
May 26, 4:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney	49 min
May 26, 4:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede	6 hr
May 26, 4:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell	17 min
May 26, 4:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	48 min
May 26, 5:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark	66 min
May 26, 5:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	41 min
May 26, 5:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Shannon	17 min
May 26, 5:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Oregon	44 min
May 26, 6:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	13 min
May 26, 6:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry	6 hr
May 26, 6:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Shannon, Texas	6 hr
May 26, 7:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry	5 hr
May 26, 8:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Shannon	35 min
May 26, 8:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon, Texas	6 hr
May 26, 8:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	11 hr
May 26, 10:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Dade, Dallas, Polk	10 hr
May 26, 10:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	33 hr
May 26, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar	30 hr
May 26, 12:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry	8 hr
May 26, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	38 min
May 26, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	51 min
May 26, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Morgan	41 min
May 26, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dade, Greene, Polk	39 min
May 26, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Webster	57 min
May 26, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Miller, Morgan	54 min
May 26, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory	62 min
May 26, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede	60 min
May 26, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	St. Clair	59 min
May 26, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Vernon	24 min
May 26, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dallas, Greene, Polk	38 min
May 26, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan	66 min
May 26, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barry, McDonald	61 min
May 26, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede	67 min
May 26, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Wright	50 min
May 26, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, Newton	20 min
May 26, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	Camden, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	43 min
May 26, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	56 min
May 26, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Cedar, Dallas, Hickory, Polk	64 min
May 26, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski	62 min
May 26, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory	35 min
May 26, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Texas	49 min
May 26, 5:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Texas, Wright	39 min
May 26, 5:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald	6 hr
May 26, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barry, Stone	66 min
May 26, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	66 min
May 26, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Shannon, Texas	43 min
May 26, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps, Pulaski	40 min
May 26, 5:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Polk, Pulaski and 1 more	6 hr
May 26, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Polk, Pulaski	52 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.