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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Springfield, MO

June 18, 1998Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1998, 8:47 PM CDT for Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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 18, 1998, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1998, 9:20 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Newton County, MO

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 18, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 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 1998-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3542 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1998-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 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
3542 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1049 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
12.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 190147 RRA
TORSGF
MOC145-190220-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
847 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 920 PM CDT

* AT 845 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO JUST EAST OF NEOSHO.
  THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SWEETWATER AREA BY 855 PM
  WANDA BY 905 PM

  SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM JUST EAST
  OF NEOSHO.  IT HAS ALREADY DOWNED TREES AND PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE
  HAIL.

A TORNADO HAS BEEN SPOTTED BY A WEATHER SPOTTER OR HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
BY RADAR.  FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY...MOVE TO A DESIGNATED SHELTER OR INTO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING.

TAGGART/RUNNELS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas50 min
Jun 18, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Pulaski63 min
Jun 18, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Polk66 min
Jun 18, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede64 min
Jun 18, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDade52 min
Jun 18, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton33 min
Jun 18, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFGreene48 min
Jun 18, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton66 min
Jun 18, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps, Pulaski66 min
Jun 18, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade33 min
Jun 18, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster47 min
Jun 18, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene48 min
Jun 18, 9:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene3 hr
Jun 18, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Texas48 min
Jun 18, 9:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDent38 min
Jun 18, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney36 min
Jun 18, 10:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Texas3 hr
Jun 18, 10:47 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFTaney48 min
Jun 18, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon, Texas63 min
Jun 18, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark63 min
Jun 19, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon34 min
Jun 19, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar47 min
Jun 19, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory, St. Clair66 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.