Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Forsyth, MO | A 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Lawrence | 67 min |
| Apr 27, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Webster | 57 min |
| Apr 27, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 69 min |
| Apr 27, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Polk | 66 min |
| Apr 27, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Texas | 58 min |
| Apr 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon, Shannon | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Carter | 58 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.