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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Springfield, MO

March 26, 1995Laclede County, Texas County, Wright County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 1995, 4:16 PM CST for Laclede County, Texas County, Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 1995, 4:16 PM CST (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 1995, 4:45 PM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Laclede County, MO, Texas County, MO, Wright County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 1995-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 118 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 650 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
650 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
639 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 262218
TORSGF
MOC215-105-229-262245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
416 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN TEXAS COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN LACLEDE COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD WAS SHOWING A POSSIBLE
TORNADO LOCATED IN NORTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
COMPETITION. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF LYNCHBURG AND PLATO. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS
SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!!!
 
 
 
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.
 
 
LINDENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 2:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene44 min
Mar 26, 3:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster30 min
Mar 26, 3:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene25 min
Mar 26, 3:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede26 min
Mar 26, 3:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.