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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Springfield, MO

May 5, 2003Webster County, Wright County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2003, 1:28 AM CDT for Webster County, Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 62 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 5, 2003, 1:28 AM CDT (06:28 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2003, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 12:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2003-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2099 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 321 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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.

491 
WFUS53 KSGF 050628
TORSGF
MOC225-229-050730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
128 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT.

* AT 124 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARSHFIELD...OR 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
  WEBSTER AND WRIGHT COUNTIES.

THE TOWNS OF RADER...GROVESPRING AND MANES ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF
THIS TORNADIC STORM.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT 
WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL 
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

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.

LAT...LON 3748 9296 3728 9290 3728 9228 3747 9228

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFHickory55 min
May 4, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDallas64 min
May 4, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton32 min
May 4, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar39 min
May 4, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Stone66 min
May 4, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden63 min
May 4, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar40 min
May 4, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMiller52 min
May 4, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFWebster64 min
May 4, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCedar44 min
May 4, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFPolk57 min
May 4, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Pulaski56 min
May 4, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFWright42 min
May 4, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMaries54 min
May 4, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDallas50 min
May 4, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFLaclede44 min
May 4, 9:21 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden, Pulaski54 min
May 4, 9:41 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFLaclede19 min
May 4, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon43 min
May 4, 9:53 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFPhelps67 min
May 4, 10:17 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDent58 min
May 4, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair57 min
May 4, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon46 min
May 4, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper44 min
May 4, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade50 min
May 4, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk51 min
May 5, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence56 min
May 5, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene56 min
May 5, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede, Webster35 min
May 5, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster46 min
May 5, 1:58 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFTexas62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.