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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO

October 8, 1993Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 1993, 6:09 PM CDT for Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 8, 1993, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 1993, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Newton County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 8, 6:20 PM CDTTornado F1Seneca, MOA brief touchdown twisted trees off.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 1993-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 64 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 1993-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
64 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 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 082313
TORSGF
MOC145-090000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
609 PM CDT FRI OCT 8 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...NEWTON COUNTY
 
AT 610 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF SENECA...MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  THIS TORNADO WILL
PASS NEAR OR JUST TO THE SOUTH OF NEOSHO.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR HROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFJasper49 min
Oct 8, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald48 min
Oct 8, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.