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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Springfield, MO

July 4, 1992Cedar County, Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1992, 6:07 PM CDT for Cedar County, Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 53 min. 4 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
Jul 4, 1992, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cedar County, MO, Vernon County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 4, 6:15 PM CDTTornado F1Cedar, MO
Jul 4, 6:16 PM CDTTornado F1Vernon, MO
Jul 4, 7:04 PM CDTHail 0.75Vernon, MO
Jul 4, 7:04 PM CDTHail 0.75Vernon, 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 102 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 1992-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1430 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1992-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 042307
TORSGF
MOC039-217-050000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
607 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      CEDAR...

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

RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO NEAR MILO OR 70 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SPRINGFIELD MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.

THE TOWNS OF JERICO SPRINGS AND STOCKTON LAKE AREA ARE 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.

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.

 MURPHY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton45 min
Jul 4, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Webster60 min
Jul 4, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton66 min
Jul 4, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark66 min
Jul 4, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Vernon69 min
Jul 4, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk57 min
Jul 4, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Jasper, Lawrence60 min
Jul 4, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Webster, Wright58 min
Jul 4, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene58 min
Jul 4, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Texas58 min
Jul 4, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon68 min
Jul 4, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon57 min
Jul 4, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper57 min
Jul 4, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster57 min
Jul 4, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark, Taney57 min
Jul 4, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton56 min
Jul 4, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark61 min
Jul 4, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon61 min
Jul 4, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarton, Dade53 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.