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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO

August 19, 2002Dent County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2002, 9:56 PM CDT for Dent County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 2002, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2002, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dent County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2002-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3042 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 2002-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3042 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 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.

066 
WFUS53 KSGF 200256
TORSGF
MOC065-200345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
955 PM CDT MON AUG 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN DENT COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 951 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF SALEM...OR 28 MILES SOUTH OF STEELVILLE...MOVING WEST
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
  DENT COUNTY.

THE TOWNS OF GLADDEN...JADWIN...DARIEN AND MONTAUK ARE ALSO IN THE 
PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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.

LAT...LON 3749 9142 3761 9138 3757 9176 3743 9176

CRAMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright50 min
Aug 19, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski50 min
Aug 19, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk40 min
Aug 19, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster46 min
Aug 19, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps41 min
Aug 19, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Polk46 min
Aug 19, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene44 min
Aug 19, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Polk45 min
Aug 19, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent42 min
Aug 19, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps37 min
Aug 19, 10:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent6 hr
Aug 20, 2:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMaries, Phelps6 hr
Aug 20, 2:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Morgan6 hr

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.