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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Springfield, MO

June 26, 1994Oregon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1994, 3:02 AM CDT for Oregon County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1994, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1994, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Oregon County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 1994-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1433 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 1994-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1433 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2318 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 260806
TORSGF
MOC149-260845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
302 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...OREGON COUNTY
 
AT 303 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOW A POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH THE
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 20 MILES EAST OF WEST PLAINS...THAT IS BETWEEN
THOMASVILLE AND ALTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ALTON
AND COUCH ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM.
 
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 ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
NINE
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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 25, 9:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-260410-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
906 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994

AT 910 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS IN THE VICINITY OF
PITTSBURG KANSAS AND MOVING SOUTHEAST.  IT SHOULD ENTER MISSOURI IN THE
AREA AROUND ASBURY...CARL JUNCTION AND JOPLIN BY ABOUT 915 TO 930 PM.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER NOR DOES RADAR SHOW
ANYTHING BUT HEAVY RAIN.  HOWEVER THIS STOTRM IS NEAR A SEVERE WEATHER
WATCH AND SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED AS IT MOVES INTO JASPER COUNTY.  WIND
SPEEDS AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

NINE
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:16 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-260620-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1215 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM
LEBANON TO WILLOW SPRINGS TO WEST PLAINS.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

AT 1215 AM THERE WAS ONE ESPECIALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON THE
LECLEDE-WRIGHT COUNTY LINE NEAR COMPETITION.  IT SHOULD BE EXPECTED
TO MOVE TO A LOCATION BETWEEN CABOOL AND HOUSTON BY ABOUT 115 AM CDT.

NINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas67 min
Jun 26, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Shannon, Texas63 min
Jun 26, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon63 min
Jun 26, 2:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon63 min
Jun 26, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon60 min
Jun 26, 5:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCarter48 min
Jun 26, 6:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFRipley56 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.