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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Springfield, MO

June 13, 1998Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1998, 11:10 PM CDT for Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1998, 11:10 PM CDT (04:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1998, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Webster County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 1998-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1382 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1998-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1382 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
375 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
28.2

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The text

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

224 
WFUS1 KSGF 140410
TORSGF
MOC225-140515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1110 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1108 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO JUST SOUTHWEST OF
  FAIR GROVE OR 30 MILES WEST OF MARSHFIELD.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  GREENE/WEBSTER COUNTY LINE WEST OF FAIR GROVE BY 1120 PM
  MARSHFIELD BY 1135 PM


THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  MOVE QUICKLY TO A DESIGNATED
SHELTER...BASEMENT...OR INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR BUILDING.

RUNNELS/ALBERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFOzark, Taney47 min
Jun 13, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon65 min
Jun 13, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, St. Clair50 min
Jun 13, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCedar, Vernon47 min
Jun 13, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Hickory49 min
Jun 13, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk38 min
Jun 13, 10:01 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCedar, Dade, Polk64 min
Jun 13, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Greene, Webster50 min
Jun 13, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright52 min
Jun 13, 10:48 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFGreene32 min
Jun 13, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas49 min
Jun 13, 11:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFTexas, Wright4 hr
Jun 13, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Texas35 min
Jun 13, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon51 min
Jun 14, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.