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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Springfield, MO

April 29, 2025Dade County, Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2025, 8:52 AM CDT for Dade County, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2025, 8:52 AM CDT (13:52 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2025, 9:15 AM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Dade County, MO, Lawrence County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:50 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 29, 9:17 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Halltown, MO	quarter size hail and debris hwy N and Lawrence 2100.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 29, 2:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 36 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: 608 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

As transmitted.

644 
WFUS53 KSGF 291352
TORSGF
MOC057-109-291415-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0049.250429T1352Z-250429T1415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
852 AM CDT Tue Apr 29 2025

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Lawrence County in southwestern Missouri...
  Southeastern Dade County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 915 AM CDT.

* At 852 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 8 miles west of Miller, or 11 miles northwest of Mount
  Vernon, moving east at 55 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...
  Everton, Red Oak, Pennsboro, Miller, Halltown, and La Russell.

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 56 and 58.
 
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 3710 9406 3725 9406 3725 9405 3728 9405
      3740 9362 3728 9363 3728 9361 3719 9361
      3709 9404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1352Z 255DEG 46KT 3720 9399 

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

$$

Wise

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 3:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Morgan	47 min
Apr 29, 7:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barton	44 min
Apr 29, 7:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	66 min
Apr 29, 8:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barton, Jasper	6 hr
Apr 29, 8:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	51 min
Apr 29, 8:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Newton	31 min
Apr 29, 8:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone	56 min
Apr 29, 8:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Lawrence	66 min
Apr 29, 8:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Lawrence, Newton	26 min
Apr 29, 9:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Christian, Greene, Polk, Stone, Taney	66 min
Apr 29, 9:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Dade, Greene, Lawrence	32 min
Apr 29, 9:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Webster	46 min
Apr 29, 9:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	Christian, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Laclede, Polk and 2 more	65 min
Apr 29, 10:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Webster, Wright	34 min
Apr 29, 10:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Dent, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski and 2 more	59 min
Apr 29, 10:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon, Texas	61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.