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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO

February 14, 1992Dade County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 14, 1992, 5:15 PM CST for Dade County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 14, 1992, 5:15 PM CST (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Feb 14, 1992, 5:40 PM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Dade County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 59 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1992-02-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1992-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 422 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 142315
TORSGF
MOC057-150000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      DADE

AT 512 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST
BARTON COUNTY AND NORTHWEST DADE COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30
MILES PER HOUR. THE CITY OF GREENFIELD IS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 14, 4:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon47 min
Feb 14, 5:04 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFCedar41 min
Feb 14, 5:04 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarton, Vernon36 min
Feb 14, 5:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk43 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.