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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Springfield, MO

November 10, 1995Wright County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 1995, 6:42 PM CST for Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 1995, 6:42 PM CST (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1995, 7:15 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 00:00Z on 1995-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 110043
TORSGF
MOC229-110115-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
642 PM CST FRI NOV 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...WRIGHT COUNTY
 
AT 641 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
OVER SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARTVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA FROM DAWSON TO MOUNTAIN
GROVE. IF YOU ARE IN SOUTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY FROM DAWSON TO MOUNTAIN
GROVE...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM!
 
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.
 
MS/JG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 6:12 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFPhelps48 min
Nov 10, 6:16 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFTexas44 min
Nov 10, 6:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas56 min
Nov 10, 6:55 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFTexas50 min
Nov 10, 7:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney30 min
Nov 10, 7:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark44 min
Nov 10, 7:33 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFOzark42 min
Nov 10, 7:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Shannon53 min
Nov 10, 8:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Shannon60 min
Nov 10, 8:17 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFOzark13 min
Nov 10, 8:21 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFHowell39 min
Nov 10, 8:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon48 min
Nov 10, 9:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon25 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.