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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO

April 27, 1994Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1994, 4:09 PM CDT for Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report 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 27, 1994, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1994, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Taney County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 4:27 PM CDTTornado F0Forsyth, MOA small tornado touched down damaging mainly large trees. Reported by Skywarn spotters.

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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1994-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1167 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 272110
TORSGF
MOC213-272200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
409 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...TANEY COUNTY
 
AT 405 PM...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED OVER TABLE ROCK
DAM...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF BRANSON...OZARK BEACH AND FORYSTH SHOULD NOW
SEEK SHELTER.
 
 
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.
 
 
JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas, Wright54 min
Apr 26, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas41 min
Apr 26, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence67 min
Apr 27, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Webster57 min
Apr 27, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene69 min
Apr 27, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Polk66 min
Apr 27, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster51 min
Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone60 min
Apr 27, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon65 min
Apr 27, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney60 min
Apr 27, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark60 min
Apr 27, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian60 min
Apr 27, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton59 min
Apr 27, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon45 min
Apr 27, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFHowell, Ozark65 min
Apr 27, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFTexas58 min
Apr 27, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon, Shannon60 min
Apr 27, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCarter58 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.