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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Springfield, MO

May 4, 2003Christian County, Greene County, Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2003, 7:24 PM CDT for Christian County, Greene County, Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 66 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: May 4, 2003, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2003, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Christian County, MO, Greene County, MO, Stone County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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.

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 4, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 41 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2099 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 321 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 341 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.6
Supercell composite: 15.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 050024
TORSGF
MOC043-077-209-050130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
724 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN STONE COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

* AT 718 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO NEAR VERONA...OR 7 MILES
  SOUTH OF MOUNT VERNON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   BILLINGS BY 735 PM CDT.
   CLEVER...REPUBLIC BY 745 PM CDT.
   BATTLEFIELD...BROOKLINE BY 750 PM CDT.
   NIXA...SPRINGFIELD BY 800 PM CDT.
   OZARK BY 805 PM CDT.
   SPARTA BY 815 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF BOAZ...FREMONT HILLS...GALLOWAY AND LINDEN ARE ALSO IN
THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

LAT...LON 3716 9365 3690 9362 3693 9308 3721 9308
          3720 9339

$$

IZZI/RUNNELS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 7:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Hickory	55 min
May 4, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas	64 min
May 4, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton	32 min
May 4, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar	39 min
May 4, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden	63 min
May 4, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar	40 min
May 4, 7:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Miller	52 min
May 4, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Webster	64 min
May 4, 8:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar	44 min
May 4, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Polk	57 min
May 4, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Pulaski	56 min
May 4, 8:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Wright	42 min
May 4, 8:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Maries	54 min
May 4, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas	50 min
May 4, 9:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede	44 min
May 4, 9:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Pulaski	54 min
May 4, 9:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede	19 min
May 4, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	43 min
May 4, 9:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Phelps	67 min
May 4, 10:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent	58 min
May 4, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	57 min
May 4, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	46 min
May 4, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper	44 min
May 4, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade	50 min
May 4, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Polk	51 min
May 5, 12:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	56 min
May 5, 12:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	56 min
May 5, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede, Webster	35 min
May 5, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	46 min
May 5, 1:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Webster, Wright	62 min
May 5, 1:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Texas	62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.