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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO

February 14, 1992Barton County, Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 14, 1992, 5:04 PM CST for Barton County, Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports 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: Feb 14, 1992, 5:04 PM CST (23:04 UTC)
Expired: Feb 14, 1992, 5:40 PM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Barton County, MO, Vernon County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 14, 5:10 PM CST	Tornado F1	Vernon, MO
Feb 14, 5:20 PM CST	Tornado F0	Vernon, 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

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 99 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: 669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 422 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 437 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 142304
TORSGF
MOC011-039-217-142345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
504 PM CST FRI FEB 14 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      EASTERN BARTON...CEDAR...

   IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
      EASTERN VERNON...

AT 500 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL
BARTON COUNTY AND SOUTHERN VERNON COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. A FUNNEL WAS ALSO REPORTED NEAR IRWIN IN
IN NORTHERN BARTON COUNTY.

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.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

 MURPHY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 14, 4:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	47 min
Feb 14, 5:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar	41 min
Feb 14, 5:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade	25 min
Feb 14, 5:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Polk	43 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.