Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 1996, 11:00 PM CDT for Christian County, Lawrence County, Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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 21, 1996, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 1996, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Christian County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Stone County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 11:03 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Billings, MO | |
| Apr 21, 11:35 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Ozark, MO | |
| Apr 21, 11:55 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Sparta, 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 220402 TORSGF MOC043-109-209-220445- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1100 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...WESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY...EASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY ...NORTHERN STONE COUNTY AT 1100 PM...RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LAWRERENCE BETWEEN AURORA AND MARIONVILLE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT LOGAN..BILLINGS...BROWNS SPRINGS...AND CLEVER THROUGH 1145 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS TAKE COVER NOW! 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...4 OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. DTR/JDG &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Polk | 66 min |
| Apr 21, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 66 min |
| Apr 21, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Lawrence | 44 min |
| Apr 21, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Vernon | 68 min |
| Apr 21, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Polk | 51 min |
| Apr 21, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 57 min |
| Apr 21, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 65 min |
| Apr 21, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 57 min |
| Apr 21, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Newton | 66 min |
| Apr 21, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 59 min |
| Apr 21, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Polk | 63 min |
| Apr 21, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 65 min |
| Apr 21, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 59 min |
| Apr 21, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 47 min |
| Apr 21, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Lawrence | 67 min |
| Apr 21, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 47 min |
| Apr 21, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 30 min |
| Apr 21, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Webster | 54 min |
| Apr 21, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 40 min |
| Apr 21, 11:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Maries | 4 hr |
| Apr 21, 11:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Webster, Wright | 47 min |
| Apr 21, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 12:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Texas | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 12:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 2:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 3:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 5:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 4 hr |
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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.