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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO

June 3, 1993Barry County, McDonald County, Missouri

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1993-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 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 1993-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
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

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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.

 BAREIS

What 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton50 min
Jun 3, 8:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton53 min
Jun 3, 8:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone, Taney49 min
Jun 3, 9:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Taney44 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.