Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1996, 11:38 PM CDT for Benton County, Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1996, 11:38 PM CDT (04:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1996, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, MO, Morgan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 11:49 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Cole Camp, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1746 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 10.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 270442 COR TORSGF MOC015-141-270545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECT STORM MOVEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1138 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY...NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY AT 1137 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IT WILL PASS TO THE NORTH OF COLE CAMP BY MIDNIGHT AND THEN AFFECT THE FLORENCE AND SYRACUSE AREA AROUND 1215 AM. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND 3 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN. 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. DR/DG & ...CORRECTED STORM MOVEMENT...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 9:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 56 min |
| May 26, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 65 min |
| May 26, 10:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cedar, St. Clair | 56 min |
| May 26, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Vernon | 34 min |
| May 26, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 62 min |
| May 27, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 59 min |
| May 27, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent | 36 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.