Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1994, 6:39 PM CDT for Christian County, Greene County, Polk County, Missouri. It was in force for 66 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1994, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Christian County, MO, Greene County, MO, Polk County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Walnut Grove, MO | Skywarn spotters reported severe damage to two homes. A mobile home was also hit tearing the roof off and knocking down large trees nearby. A 3-year-old boy was blown off a porch from the high wind but not injured. |
| Apr 26, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Eudora, MO | A small tornado touched down in an open field and was followed by Skywarn spotters for several minutes. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 985 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 262340 TORSGF MOC043-077-167-270045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 639 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...CHRISTIAN COUNTY...GREENE COUNTY...POLK COUNTY AT 637 PM CDT...SEVERAL POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY SPOTTERS. ONE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED JUST EAST OF WILLARD IN NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. THE TOWNS OF PLEASANT HOPE...OZARK AND SPOKANE ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. 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. DAVIS
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 26, 4:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 435 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STARTING TO MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 430 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 25 MILES SOUTH OF JOPLIN MISSOURI MOVING NORTHEAST 45 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS MONETT BY 445 PM. OTHER TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE NEOSHO...DIAMOND...AND SARCOXIE. THIS STORM WAS STILL DEVELOPING AND WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLE HAIL. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CALL YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LEE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 68 min |
| Apr 26, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 69 min |
| Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 56 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.