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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO

April 21, 1996Webster County, Wright County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 1996, 11:28 PM CDT for Webster County, Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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, 11:28 PM CDT (04:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1996, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:28 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, 11:30 PM CDTTornado F0Seymour, MO
Apr 21, 11:35 PM CDTHail 2.75Fordland, MO
Apr 21, 11:45 PM CDTThunderstorm WindCedar Gap, MO
Apr 21, 11:59 PM CDTHail 1.75Hartville, 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 220429
TORSGF
MOC225-229-220515-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1128 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY...SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY
 
AT 1129 PM....DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR SEYMOUR
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN SEYMOUR....CEDAR GAP...AND
MANSFIELD SEEK SHELTER 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...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
DTR/JDG
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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, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFNewton66 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, 11:42 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.