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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO

April 21, 1996Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 1996, 8:24 PM CDT for Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 66 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
Apr 21, 1996, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 1996, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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 21, 8:47 PM CDTHail 4.5Racine, 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 1996-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1598 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 00:00Z on 1996-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
1598 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 220127
TORSGF
MOC145-220230-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
824 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...NEWTON COUNTY
 
AT 824 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO APPROACHING THE WESTERN PORTION OF NEWTON COUNTY...5 MILES NORTH
OF SENECA OR 20 MILES WEST OF NEOSHO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST
NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF
SPURGEON...SAGINAW...SENECA AND RACINE.
 
IF YOU ARE IN NEWTON COUNTY...TAKE SHELTER NOW!
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
 
SR/MS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Polk66 min
Apr 21, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede66 min
Apr 21, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence44 min
Apr 21, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Vernon68 min
Apr 21, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFPolk51 min
Apr 21, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade57 min
Apr 21, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas65 min
Apr 21, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton57 min
Apr 21, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper59 min
Apr 21, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden55 min
Apr 21, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade, Polk63 min
Apr 21, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence65 min
Apr 21, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene59 min
Apr 21, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas47 min
Apr 21, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence67 min
Apr 21, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene47 min
Apr 21, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry30 min
Apr 21, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Webster54 min
Apr 21, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Lawrence, Stone45 min
Apr 21, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright40 min
Apr 21, 11:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMaries4 hr
Apr 21, 11:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFWebster, Wright47 min
Apr 21, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian33 min
Apr 22, 12:39 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFTexas36 min
Apr 22, 12:56 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFDent, Shannon49 min
Apr 22, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Ozark48 min
Apr 22, 2:31 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFHowell, Ozark44 min
Apr 22, 3:15 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFOzark45 min
Apr 22, 5:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Shannon, Texas4 hr

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.