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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

May 4, 1999Cherokee County, Kansas; Jasper County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 4, 1999, 1:12 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas; Jasper County, Missouri. It was in force for 63 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
May 4, 1999, 1:12 AM CDT (06:12 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 1999, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Jasper County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
May 4, 1:38 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Columbus, KS
May 4, 2:00 AM CDTThunderstorm WindJoplin, 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
May 4, 12:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 1999-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 635 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1999-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
635 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1366 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

999 
WFUS1 KSGF 040613 RRA
TORSGF
KSC021-MOC097-040715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
112 AM CDT TUE MAY 4 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 110 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO JUST EAST
  OF COLUMBUS.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CRESTLINE THROUGH 125 AM
  WEBB CITY AND WACO BY 135 AM

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

FOSTER/SUTTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford63 min
May 4, 1:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford4 hr
May 4, 11:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCrawford6 hr
May 4, 11:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBourbon6 hr
May 4, 11:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee6 hr
May 4, 11:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee61 min
May 4, 5:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford6 hr
May 4, 5:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBourbon6 hr
May 4, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton65 min
May 4, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton66 min
May 4, 4:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper4 hr
May 4, 4:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFVernon4 hr
May 4, 5:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Laclede49 min
May 4, 7:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas51 min
May 4, 11:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton6 hr
May 4, 12:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDade, Lawrence5 hr
May 4, 12:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCedar, St. Clair5 hr
May 4, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, St. Clair48 min
May 4, 2:12 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBenton, Hickory48 min
May 4, 2:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster3 hr
May 4, 2:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Stone3 hr
May 4, 2:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Hickory, Laclede, Miller, Morgan3 hr
May 4, 2:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Taney3 hr
May 4, 2:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFWright3 hr
May 4, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Polk37 min
May 4, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry50 min
May 4, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene53 min
May 4, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster47 min
May 4, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas25 min
May 4, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Laclede35 min
May 4, 5:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Taney, Webster, Wright6 hr
May 4, 5:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone6 hr
May 4, 5:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDade, Dallas, Greene, Polk6 hr
May 4, 5:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Hickory, Morgan, St. Clair6 hr
May 4, 5:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Vernon6 hr
May 4, 5:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLaclede6 hr
May 4, 5:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMiller6 hr
May 4, 5:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Phelps, Shannon, Texas6 hr
May 4, 5:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMaries, Pulaski6 hr
May 4, 5:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell, Ozark6 hr
May 4, 5:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOregon6 hr
May 4, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Ozark48 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.