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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2000, 9:14 PM CDT for Stone County, Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2000, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2000, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Countywide, MO | |
| May 24, 9:24 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 606 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
715
WFUS53 KSGF 250215
TORSGF
MOC209-213-250245-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
914 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 911 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR KIMBERLING
CITY AROUND 905 PM...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE TOWN OF BRANSON
WEST IS WITHOUT POWER DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75
MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED BE NEAR...
BRANSON...HOLLISTER BY 925 PM CDT.
MERRIAM WOODS...ROCKAWAY BEACH BY 930 PM CDT.
FORSYTH BY 935 PM CDT.
TANEYVILLE BY 945 PM CDT.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3669 9354 3651 9348 3650 9279 3680 9280
3681 9331
JLTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 31 min |
| May 24, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Texas | 32 min |
| May 24, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 26 min |
| May 24, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 49 min |
| May 24, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 31 min |
| May 24, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Wright | 41 min |
| May 24, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Texas | 50 min |
| May 24, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Newton | 67 min |
| May 24, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 50 min |
| May 24, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 63 min |
| May 24, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 52 min |
| May 24, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Shannon | 62 min |
| May 24, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 62 min |
| May 24, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 51 min |
| May 24, 8:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell | 32 min |
| May 24, 8:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell | 4 hr |
| May 24, 8:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 2 more | 4 hr |
| May 24, 9:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon, Texas | 4 hr |
| May 24, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 57 min |
| May 24, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 51 min |
| May 24, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 40 min |
| May 24, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 54 min |
| May 24, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 35 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.