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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Springfield, MO

November 10, 1995Laclede County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 1995, 5:03 PM CST for Laclede County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 1995, 5:03 PM CST (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1995, 5:45 PM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Laclede County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 1995-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 197 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 309 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 102303
TORSGF
MOC105-102345-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
503 PM CST FRI NOV 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...LACLEDE COUNTY
 
AT 502 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 2 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LEBANON MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
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 C2USHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
MS/JG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 2:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper34 min
Nov 10, 3:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade38 min
Nov 10, 3:26 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFDade19 min
Nov 10, 3:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper30 min
Nov 10, 3:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton25 min
Nov 10, 3:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Polk32 min
Nov 10, 4:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Greene69 min
Nov 10, 4:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede49 min
Nov 10, 4:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence49 min
Nov 10, 4:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald44 min
Nov 10, 5:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene31 min
Nov 10, 5:33 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFPulaski27 min
Nov 10, 5:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Webster65 min
Nov 10, 5:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone65 min
Nov 10, 5:45 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFLaclede15 min
Nov 10, 5:57 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFPulaski33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.