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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO

April 9, 1994Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 1994, 11:46 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 1994, 11:46 PM CDT (04:46 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1994, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 23 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 1994-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 116 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 1994-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 380 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
116 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
380 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
396 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 100447
TORSGF
MOC109-100530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1146 PM CDT SAT APR 9 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
AT 1145 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 30 MILES EAST OF
JOPLIN MISSOURI MOVING EAST 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE
MT VERNON AND STOTTS CITY.
 
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.
 
LEE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon58 min
Apr 9, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon25 min
Apr 9, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper65 min
Apr 9, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar65 min
Apr 9, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFJasper45 min
Apr 9, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk65 min
Apr 9, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Jasper, Lawrence63 min
Apr 9, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton63 min
Apr 9, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas48 min
Apr 9, 11:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFGreene48 min
Apr 10, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede45 min
Apr 10, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence59 min
Apr 10, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk59 min
Apr 10, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster48 min
Apr 10, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene42 min
Apr 10, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Webster, Wright61 min
Apr 10, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence61 min
Apr 10, 2:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone54 min
Apr 10, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald49 min
Apr 10, 2:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Webster43 min
Apr 10, 2:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas43 min
Apr 10, 2:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry50 min
Apr 10, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton62 min
Apr 10, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, Newton65 min
Apr 10, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald65 min
Apr 10, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade56 min
Apr 10, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone56 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.