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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO

April 15, 1998Jasper County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1998, 12:25 AM CDT for Jasper County, Missouri. It was in force for 65 min. 2 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 15, 1998, 12:25 AM CDT (05:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1998, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Jasper County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 15, 12:55 AM CDTHail 1.5Joplin, MONumerous reports of quarter to half dollar size hail were received from areas just north of Joplin, in the Webb City area. Hail dented many cars.
Apr 15, 1:10 AM CDTHail 0.75Sarcoxie, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 11:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 1998-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 184 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 1998-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

128 
WFUS1 KSGF 150526 RRA
TORSGF
MOC097-150630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1225 AM CDT WED APR 15 1998

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  JASPER COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
 
* SOME AREAS AFFECTED
  GALENA BY 1230 AM
  BELLEVILLE BY 1235 AM
  CARL JUNCTION BY 1235 AM

* AT 1225 PM TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  COLUMBUS KANSAS OR 30 MILES WEST OF JOPLIN.  THIS STORM
  WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH..
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID
WINDOWS.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED
AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

GORDON/TAGGART

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 12:38 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFNewton62 min
Apr 15, 12:58 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarton, Vernon52 min
Apr 15, 1:10 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFCedar, Dade65 min
Apr 15, 1:15 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFLawrence65 min
Apr 15, 1:39 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Greene66 min
Apr 15, 1:43 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFVernon62 min
Apr 15, 1:50 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFPolk65 min
Apr 15, 2:17 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFCedar, St. Clair63 min
Apr 15, 3:03 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFHickory62 min
Apr 15, 3:39 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden, Dallas66 min
Apr 15, 3:57 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFLaclede63 min
Apr 15, 4:28 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFPulaski62 min
Apr 15, 4:57 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFHickory, Polk, St. Clair63 min
Apr 15, 5:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas34 min
Apr 15, 5:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede50 min
Apr 15, 6:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps, Pulaski, Texas63 min
Apr 15, 6:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent51 min
Apr 15, 12:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair51 min
Apr 15, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Morgan66 min
Apr 15, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden, Morgan65 min
Apr 15, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller65 min
Apr 15, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries51 min
Apr 15, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMaries19 min
Apr 15, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries46 min
Apr 15, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede49 min
Apr 15, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Shannon63 min
Apr 15, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski64 min

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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.