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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Springfield, MO

April 11, 1994Douglas County, Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 1994, 8:43 PM CDT for Douglas County, Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 1994, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 1994, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, MO, Taney County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 405 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 394 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 646 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 120148
TORSGF
MOC067-213-120215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
843 PM CDT MON APR 11 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...DOUGLAS COUNTY...TANEY COUNTY
 
RADAR AT 850 PM CDT INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNDO 20 MILES EAST OF BRANSON
MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MPH.  TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO ARE
MCCLURG...ROME...AND GOOD HOPE.
 
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 INTE:RIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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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, Apr 11, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-120045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
700 PM CDT MON APR 11 1994

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI HAS EXPIRED...
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI UNTIL 1215 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING...

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI WITH MINOR DAMAGE BEING REPORTED IN SOUTHWEST BARRY COUNTY
IN SELIGMAN. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR JOPLIN
TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF JOPLIN. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN
CAUSING ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THE STORMS.

BAREIS

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 7:53 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-120130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
745 PM CDT MON APR 11 1994

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT TUESDAY
MORNING.
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 76 FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BUT THE
MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAD DECREASED. THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE STRONGEST
STORMS FROM 79 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF
SPRINGFIELD.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

PEOPLE SHOULD BrE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THE STORMS.

BAREIS

Local storm report, Apr 11, 8:29 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

POST STORM SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
830 PM CDT MON APR 11 1994

627 PM CDT  POSSIBLE TORNADO SOUTH EDGE OF SELIGMAN...SOUTHWEST
             BARRY COUNTY. 2 HOUSE TRAILERS DESTROYED 1 SEVERELY
             DAMAGED. ONE PERSON SEVERELY INJURED...TAKEN TO ROGERS
             ARKANSAS HOSPITAL.

BAREIS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 7:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Newton	5 hr
Apr 11, 7:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Vernon	5 hr
Apr 11, 7:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone	5 hr
Apr 11, 7:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Polk	5 hr
Apr 11, 11:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Carter, Howell, Oregon, Shannon, Texas	6 hr
Apr 11, 11:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas, Laclede, Webster, Wright	6 hr
Apr 11, 11:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas	6 hr
Apr 11, 11:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Ozark	6 hr
Apr 11, 11:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Ripley	6 hr

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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.