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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO

May 15, 1990Barry County, Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1990, 3:26 AM CDT for Barry County, Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 1990, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 1990, 4:15 AM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Barry County, MO, Stone 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 24 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: 1937 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 3.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 150826
TORSGF
MOC009-209-150915-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
326 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      SOUTHERN BARRY...SOUTHERN STONE

RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRING-
FIELD MISSOURI NEAR GOLDEN MISSOURI. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOING
TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TABLE ROCK AREA TO NEAR KIMBERLY
CITY BY 4 AM CDT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT.  IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAIABE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  LEAVE YOUR CAR
AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...TAKE
TAKE SHELTER IN A DITCH OVR LOW SPOT.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND...OR TO SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

 BAREISF ISSUER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade, Jasper, Newton	45 min
May 15, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	45 min
May 15, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	67 min
May 15, 2:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	60 min
May 15, 2:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	67 min
May 15, 2:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar	67 min
May 15, 4:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene, Lawrence, Polk	67 min
May 15, 5:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone	51 min
May 15, 6:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Texas, Wright	49 min
May 15, 7:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell	51 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.