Tornado Warning 1, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Apr 26, 1991, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)

Expired

Apr 27, 1991, 12:15 AM CDT

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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TTAA00 KSGF 270413
TORSGF
MOC145-097-270515-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1113 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      NEWTON...JASPER

AT 1115 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR MIAMI OKLAHOMA MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTH-
WEST CORNER OF MISSOURI SHORTLY. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM S
HOULD TAKE COVER NOW!

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.

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 REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

 BAREIS

In the hours before

MOZ015-016-019-020-021- 270400 -

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1000PM CDT FRI APR 27 1991

A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A LINE FROM
NEAR JEFFERSON CITY TO NEAR SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE
INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING.
NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS OCCURRED IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI DURING THE LAST HOUR.

NUMEROUS DAMAGING STORMS HAVE OCCURRED IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THIS LINE
OF STORMS NOW EXTENDED FROM NEAR NEVADA MISSOURI TO PITTSBURG KANSAS THEN
INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS^
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

BAREIS

Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes in 1991

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.