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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Springfield, MO

November 9, 1998Camden County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 1998, 11:52 PM CST for Camden County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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
Nov 9, 1998, 11:52 PM CST (05:52 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1998, 12:25 AM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Camden County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 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
Nov 10, 12:10 AM CSTThunderstorm WindWet Glaize, 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
Nov 9, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 100552 RRA
TORSGF
MOC029-100625-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1152 PM CST MON NOV 9 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1225 AM CST

* AT 1146 PM CST...THE SPRINGFIELD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO
  5 MILES NORTH OF LEBANON.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTE`D TO BE NEAR...
  NEAR WET GLAIZE AND MONTREAL BY 1205 AM CST.


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

D.STEINMET/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, 11:35 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFDallas, Laclede35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.