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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1993, 7:44 AM CDT for Barry County, McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1993, 7:44 AM CDT (12:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1993, 8:25 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barry County, MO, McDonald County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 36 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -555 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1394 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 610 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSGF 031244
TORSGF
MOC009-119-031330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
744 AM CDT THU JUN 3 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
SOUTHERN BARRY...SOUTHERN MCDONALD
AT 745 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO SOUTH OF NOEL
MISSOURI. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILE PER HOUR.
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.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AV(AILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES...
TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
BAREISWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:49 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-031430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 645 AM CDT THU JUN 3 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AS LARGE AS SOFTBALLS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BETWEEN 730 AND 9 AM THIS MORNING. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THE STORMS. BAREIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 8:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 53 min |
| Jun 3, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 9:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Taney | 44 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.