Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Dec 17, 2002, 9:14 PM CST for Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2002, 9:14 PM CST (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2002, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lawrence County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 9:35 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Mt Vernon, MO | |
| Dec 17, 9:41 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 70 E | Mt Vernon, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 7:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 22 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1087 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 432 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
892
WFUS53 KSGF 180314
TORSGF
MOC109-180400-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
914 PM CST TUE DEC 17 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 1000 PM CST
* AT 909 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES EAST
OF GRANBY...OR 12 MILES WEST OF MONETT...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR AND
NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON WAS SHOWING INCREASING SIGNS OF ROTATION.
BOTH OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS IN ADDITION TO A POSSIBLE TORNADO.
* THE TORNADIC STORM EXITING NEWTON COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
PIERCE CITY BY 920 PM CST.
JUST NORTH OF MONETT BY 925 PM CST.
VERONA BY 935 PM CST.
MOUNT VERNON...AURORA BY 940 PM CST.
MILLER...MARIONVILLE BY 945 PM CST.
THE TOWNS OF FREISTATT...STOTTS CITY...HOBERG...CHESAPEAKE AND
HALLTOWN ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM. LOCATIONS FROM
MOUNT VERNON TO HALLTOWN WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY A SECOND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM.
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
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 3693 9411 3692 9361 3728 9362 3728 9381
3717 9405
$$
BOOKBINDERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 8:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Newton | 32 min |
| Dec 17, 8:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 28 min |
| Dec 17, 9:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 46 min |
| Dec 17, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 46 min |
| Dec 17, 9:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Greene | 61 min |
| Dec 17, 9:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 43 min |
| Dec 17, 10:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald | 19 min |
| Dec 17, 10:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Newton | 32 min |
| Dec 17, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 31 min |
| Dec 17, 10:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller | 65 min |
| Dec 17, 10:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence | 27 min |
| Dec 17, 10:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 46 min |
| Dec 17, 10:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 14 min |
| Dec 17, 10:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 21 min |
| Dec 17, 11:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 26 min |
| Dec 17, 11:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 24 min |
| Dec 17, 11:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 52 min |
| Dec 17, 11:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Greene | 44 min |
| Dec 17, 11:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Greene | 40 min |
| Dec 17, 11:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 58 min |
| Dec 17, 11:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Polk | 27 min |
| Dec 17, 11:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dallas | 52 min |
| Dec 18, 12:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, St. Clair | 60 min |
| Dec 18, 12:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 34 min |
| Dec 18, 12:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Laclede | 26 min |
| Dec 18, 1:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 48 min |
| Dec 18, 1:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper | 42 min |
| Dec 18, 1:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton | 40 min |
| Dec 18, 2:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dade | 39 min |
| Dec 18, 2:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cedar | 32 min |
| Dec 18, 2:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Hickory, Polk | 49 min |
| Dec 18, 2:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 25 min |
| Dec 18, 3:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Webster | 24 min |
| Dec 18, 3:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Webster | 47 min |
| Dec 18, 3:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden | 23 min |
| Dec 18, 3:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Wright | 45 min |
| Dec 18, 3:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Morgan | 49 min |
| Dec 18, 4:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 30 min |
| Dec 18, 4:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 50 min |
| Dec 18, 5:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 44 min |
| Dec 18, 5:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton | 36 min |
| Dec 18, 6:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone, Taney | 46 min |
| Dec 18, 6:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Taney | 30 min |
| Dec 18, 7:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas, Webster, Wright | 35 min |
| Dec 18, 9:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster, Wright | 41 min |
| Dec 18, 2:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 36 min |
| Dec 18, 2:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 24 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.