Tornado Warning 8, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Apr 27, 1994, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)

Expired

Apr 27, 1994, 6:30 PM CDT

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Howell County, MO, Ozark County, MO

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.

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TTAA00 KSGF 272227
TORSGF
MOC091-153-272330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
525 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...HOWELL COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...EASTERN OZARK COUNTY
 
AT 525 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 70 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF JOPLIN...OR NEAR TECUMSEH.
 
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF TECUMSEH...CAULFIELD...AND WEST PLAINS
SHOULD NOW TAKE COVER.
 
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.
 
 
JOHNPSON

In the hours before

MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-272005-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
202 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

AT 200 PM...RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 40 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH AND WILL MOVE NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF SOUTHWEST CITY BY 215 PM AND
BE NEAR ANDERSON MISSOURI BY 230 PM.

THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS AND PEA TO MARBLE
SIZE HAIL.  SRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU.

JOHNSON

MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-272045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
240 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

AT 240 PM...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUUNDERSTORMS
ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JOPLIN.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO
THE MCDONALD AND SOUTHERN BARRY COUNTIES BY 300 PM.  THE TOWNS OF
ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...POWELL...CASSIVILLE...AND SHELL KNOB ARE IN THE
PATH OF THESE STORMS.

THESE STROMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE
HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS.

PEOPLE IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROA.CHES YOU.

JOHNSON

Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 1994Every tornado warning in 1994Tornadoes in 1994

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.