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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

June 7, 1994Barry County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1994, 6:06 PM CDT for Barry County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1994, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1994, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Barry County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 1994-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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 072307
TORSGF
MOC009-072345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
606 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...BARRY COUNTY
 
WSR-88D RADAR AT 605 PM CDT INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTH
OF MONETT NEAR CASSVILLE MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH.
 
PEOPLE IN CASSVILLE EAGLE ROCK SHELL KNOB AND GOLDEN ARE IN IMMEDIATE
DANGER.
 
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 SHELT@ER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
LEE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon55 min
Jun 7, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade41 min
Jun 7, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence41 min
Jun 7, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon31 min
Jun 7, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Polk68 min
Jun 7, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton68 min
Jun 7, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Jasper, Lawrence60 min
Jun 7, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald60 min
Jun 7, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFLawrence34 min
Jun 7, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry27 min
Jun 7, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Dallas, Laclede, Webster59 min
Jun 7, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone59 min
Jun 7, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Polk24 min
Jun 7, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald24 min
Jun 7, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney60 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.