Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 1993, 6:27 PM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 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, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County McDonald County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Noel, MO | Numerous trees were knocked down. |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 082330 TORSGF MOC119-090015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 627 PM CDT FRI OCT 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN MCDONALD COUNTY AT 625 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED JUST TO THE SOUTH OF NOEL...MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS TORNADO WITH PASS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF PINEVILLE AND NEAR OR THROUGH JANE. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper | 49 min |
| Oct 8, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Newton | 51 min |
| Oct 8, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 61 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.