Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1993, 7:07 AM CDT for Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1993, 7:07 AM CDT (12:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1993, 7:40 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Taney County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 456 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSGF 041207
TORSGF
MOC213-041300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
707 AM CDT FRI JUN 4 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
TANEY
AT 703 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN
TNEY COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR. A
FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN REPORTED BY SHERIFF DEPUTIES. THE CITIES
OF FORSYTH AND BRANSON 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.
MURPHYWhat 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 4, 3:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
MOZ015-016-017-019-020-021-040930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 330 AM CDT FRI JUN 4 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 900 AM THIS FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JOPLIN...SPRINGFIELD...AND WEST PLAINS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. AT 330 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR LOCAL MEDIA OR NO AA WEATHER RADIO FOR STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF YOU OBSERVE THREATENING WEATHER SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. BAREIS
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 3:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
MOZ015-016-017-019-020-021-040930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO. 330 AM CDT FRI JUN 4 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 900 AM THIS FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JOPLIN...SPRINGFIELD...AND WEST PLAINS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. AT 330 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR LOCAL MED:IA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF YOU OBSERVE THREATENING WEATHER SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. BAREIS
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-041100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 445 AM CDT FRI JUN 4 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL ACROSS GREENE COUNTY IN AND AROUND SPRING- FIELD AND 70 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD ACROSS SOUTHERN LACLEDE AND NORTHERN TEXAS COUNTIES. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AT THIS TIME BUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAVE BEEN PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MISSOURI NEAR JOPLIN AROUND 530 AM. PERSONS IN WESTERN MISSOURI SHOULD GET PREPARED FOR LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS NEAR 50 MILES PER HOUR. MURPHY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Shannon | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 5:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 6:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 6:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 6:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon, Shannon | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 7:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 8:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ripley | 56 min |
| Jun 4, 8:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Carter, Oregon, Shannon | 21 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.