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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Springfield, MO

June 9, 1993Christian County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1993, 8:29 PM CDT for Christian County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1993, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1993, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Christian County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 00:00Z on 1993-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2344 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 00:00Z on 1993-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
2344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 100130
TORSGF
MOC043-209-100215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
829 PM CDT WED JUN 9 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...CHRISTIAN COUNTY...NORTHERN STONE COUNTY
 
AT 825 PM CDT RADAR SHOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES SOUTH OF
SPRINGFIELD NEAR REEDS SPRING. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
NIXA...SPOKANE AND OZARK ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
NINE

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 9, 2:33 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-092130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
225 PM CDT WED JUN 9 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 300 PM...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI
EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST PLAINS NEAR EMINENCE
TO BRANSON THEN WEST TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF JOPLIN. PEA TO MARBLE
SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER
HOUR WHILE THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 400 PM. THE CITIES OF WEST PLAINS...
ALTON...EMINENCE AND VAN BUREN ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.
MURPHY
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-092200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
300 PM CDT WED JUN 9 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 900 PM...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST PLAINS TO WEST PLAINS. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER
HOUR.

SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS.

WEST PLAINS...ALTON AND VAN BUREN WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS
THROUGH 400 PM.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS EXPIRED.

MURPHY
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-092320-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
435 PM CDT WED JUN 9 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF
SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

AT 430 PM THERE WERE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
TO THE EAST OF WEST PLAINS.  THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE
EAST OVER THE NEXT HOUR.

ALSO THERE WAS A BATCH OF THUNDERSTORMS POISED OVER NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA BETWEEN THE STATE LINE AND TULSA.  THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN
MOVING TO THE EAST AND IN FACT A FEW SHOWERS HAVE ENTERED  THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE IN THE SOUTHWEST CITY AREA.  BY 530 PM
CDT THESE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD CASSVILLE AND THE BARRY
COUNTY AREA.

NINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone46 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.