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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO

May 22, 1989Greene County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 22, 1989, 1:05 AM CDT for Greene County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 1989, 1:05 AM CDT (06:05 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 1989, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

County Greene County, MO

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 57 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: 1856 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 346 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 220605
TORSGF
MOC077-220630-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
105 AM CDT MON MAY 22 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      GREENE

AT 100AM NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN
THE SPRINGFIELD AREA...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS.  MOVEMENT
SHOULD BE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

IN ADDITION RADAR SHOWS A HOOK ECHO WITH THE STORMS MOVING INTO
SOUTH SPRINGFIELD.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES...
TAKE COVER IN A REINFORC0ED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

 NINE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Vernon	61 min
May 21, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Polk	59 min
May 21, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Greene, Webster	57 min
May 22, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene	60 min
May 22, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	60 min
May 22, 1:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Greene, Webster	95 min
May 22, 1:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Polk, Vernon	95 min
May 22, 3:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	63 min
May 22, 3:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper	63 min
May 22, 3:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Polk	3 hr
May 22, 3:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Greene	3 hr
May 22, 4:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence	57 min
May 22, 4:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene	68 min
May 22, 4:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	68 min

Nearby

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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.