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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Springfield, MO

November 29, 1991Greene County, Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 1991, 6:05 PM CST for Greene County, Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 29, 1991, 6:05 PM CST (00:05 UTC)
Expired
Nov 29, 1991, 6:45 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greene County, MO, Webster County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 29, 6:09 PM CSTTornado F4Greene, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 293 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1991-11-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 429 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1991-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 240 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
429 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 300009
TORSGF
MOC225-077-300045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
ISSUED BY ST LOUIS MO
605 PM CST FRI NOV 29 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...WEBSTER COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...EASTERN GREENE COUNTY
 
AT 605 PM...A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED 10 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...NEAR
RODGERSVILLE.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF RODGERSVILLE...FORDLAND...AND
MARSHFIELD.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 7:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark47 min
Nov 29, 8:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas40 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.