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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Springfield, MO

November 9, 1998Dallas County, Laclede County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 1998, 11:35 PM CST for Dallas County, Laclede County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 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
Nov 9, 1998, 11:35 PM CST (05:35 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1998, 12:10 AM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dallas County, MO, Laclede County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 9, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 1998-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 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 1998-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 505 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-341 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
505 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
565 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 100535 RRA
TORSGF
MOC059-105-100610-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1135 PM CST MON NOV 9 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1210 AM CST

* AT 1131 PM CST...THE SPRINGFIELD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING
  TORNADO NEAR LONG LANE OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUFFALO.  THIS STORM
  WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BETWEEN BENNETT SPRINGS STATE PARK AND LEBANON BY 1145 PM CST.


IN AN OFFICE BUILDING OR SCHOOL...GO TO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY ON THE
LOWE0ST FLOOR OR MOVE TO A DESIGNATED STORM SHELTER.  AVOID
GYMNASIUMS...AUDITORIUMS...AND SUPERMARKETS.

D.STEINMETZ/TAGGART

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 9, 11:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Greene33 min
Nov 9, 11:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, Vernon64 min
Nov 9, 11:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton64 min
Nov 9, 11:52 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFCamden33 min
Nov 10, 12:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence66 min
Nov 10, 12:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade, St. Clair66 min
Nov 10, 12:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller, Pulaski31 min
Nov 10, 12:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone63 min
Nov 10, 12:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory, Polk63 min
Nov 10, 12:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene63 min
Nov 10, 12:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney66 min
Nov 10, 12:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Laclede, Webster66 min
Nov 10, 12:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan66 min
Nov 10, 1:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas66 min
Nov 10, 1:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright66 min
Nov 10, 1:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller66 min
Nov 10, 1:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas66 min
Nov 10, 1:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark66 min
Nov 10, 2:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas34 min
Nov 10, 2:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Phelps, Texas65 min
Nov 10, 2:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Ozark65 min
Nov 10, 3:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon64 min
Nov 10, 3:13 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFHowell47 min
Nov 10, 3:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon63 min
Nov 10, 4:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon30 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.