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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1989, 6:49 PM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1989, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1989, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County McDonald 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 12:00Z, 11.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1394 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSGF 252349
TORSGF
MOC119-260015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
649 PM CDT THU MAY 25 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
NORTHERN MCDONALD
AT 648PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI OR JUST SOUTH OF SENECA MISSOURI.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
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.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...TAKE SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
GJWhat 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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 25, 1:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
POST STORM SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
150PM CDT THU MAY 25 1989
DELAYED TORNADO REPORTS FOR MAY 22, 1989...
22/1-130AN CDT SMALL TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 7NNE WSO SGF ALONG GREENE
COUNTY FARM ROAD WW NEAR MISSOURI HIGHWAY 13. LARGE OAK TREES
UPROOTED POINTING DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, OTHER TREES SHEARED OFF,
LARGE BUILDING DEMOLISHED, AND FENCE DESTROYED. PATH VERY SHORT.
FPP 211
1-115AM CDT RESIDENT IN SE SPRINGFIELD VIDEO TAPED FUNNEL AS IT
PASSED OVER HIS RESIDENCE. NO TOUCHDOWN.
415AM LARGE METAL BUILDING DEMOLISHED NEAR PURDY ALONG HIGHWAY 37.
SEVERAL MOBIL HOMES BLOWN OFF FOUNDATIONS JUST NORTH NEAR
COUNTY ROAD BB AND 37f. BOTH IN BARRY COUNTY.
VALDEMARThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Webster | 31 min |
| May 25, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Newton | 46 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.