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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO

April 14, 1996Dallas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 1996, 5:03 PM CDT for Dallas County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 min. 2 reports 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
Apr 14, 1996, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 1996, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Dallas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 14, 5:12 PM CDTHail 1Long Lane, MO
Apr 14, 5:20 PM CDTHail 1.75Bennett Springs, 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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 1996-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 44 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 1996-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 422 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
44 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-501 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
422 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
602 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 142203
TORSGF
MOC059-142230-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
503 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...DALLAS COUNTY
 
...AT 502 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR CHARITY OR 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUFFALO. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH AND WILL AFFECT CHARITY...LONG LANE UNTIL 530 PM.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN LONG LANE OR CHARITY SEEK SHELTER 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.
 
 
JDG/MS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton49 min
Apr 14, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene41 min
Apr 14, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede64 min
Apr 14, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Webster49 min
Apr 14, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFLaclede43 min
Apr 14, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Morgan64 min
Apr 14, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Webster64 min
Apr 14, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Taney69 min
Apr 14, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Wright62 min
Apr 14, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.