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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO

March 30, 1993Ozark County, Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 1993, 5:11 PM CST for Ozark County, Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 1993, 5:11 PM CST (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 1993, 6:00 PM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ozark County, MO, Taney County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 1993-03-30Temperature 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 1993-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1346 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
317 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 KSTL 302312
TORSGF
MOC153-213-310000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
511 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...WESTERN OZARK COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...EASTERN TANEY COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A
TORNADO RIGHT ALONG THE MISSOURI-ARKANSAS BORDER...MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST
TANEY COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.  CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM ARE PROTEM AND LONGRUN.
 
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
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
SHEA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 2:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Lawrence52 min
Mar 30, 3:28 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFStone32 min
Mar 30, 5:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright41 min
Mar 30, 5:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian41 min
Mar 30, 5:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.