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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Springfield, MO
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.
- 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
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 &
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 67 min |
| Jun 26, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Shannon, Texas | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 5:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Carter | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 6:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ripley | 56 min |
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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.