Tornado Warning 38, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Jun 19, 1998, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 1998, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Polk County, 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.

536 
WFUS1 KSGF 200013 RRA
TORSGF
MOC059-077-167-200100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
712 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 710PM TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 10 MILES NORTH
  OF SPRINGFIELD ALONG THE GREENE AND POLK COUNTY BORDER.  THIS STORM
  WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PLEASANT HOPE
  FAIR GROVE
  OLIVE

AVOID THE TEMPTATION OF TRYING TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF A TORNADO.  IN
MANY CASES...BY THE TIME YOU SPOT A TORNADO IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO
PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST ITS DANGERS.  SEEK SHELTER NOW AND REMAIN
PROTECTED UNTIL THE DANGER HAS PASSED.

SS/DG

Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes in 1998

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.