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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Springfield, MO

November 10, 1995Howell County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 1995, 8:21 PM CST for Howell County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 1995, 8:21 PM CST (02:21 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1995, 9:00 PM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Howell County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 110222
TORSGF
MOC091-110300-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
821 PM CST FRI NOV 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...HOWELL COUNTY
 
AT 820 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ALONG THE
HOWELL-OZARK COUNTY LINE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL
AFFECT THE TOWNS OF POTTERSVILLE...CAULFIELD...HOKOMO...AND THE CITY OF
WEST PLAINS THROUGH 900 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE WEST PLAINS AREA...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH |OR CULVERT.
 
GORDON/GAEDE

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, 6:42 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFWright33 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, 8:42 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.