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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Springfield, MO

May 10, 2003Maries County, Phelps County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2003, 10:43 AM CDT for Maries County, Phelps County, Missouri. It was in force for 17 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 10, 2003, 10:43 AM CDT (15:43 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2003, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Maries County, MO, Phelps County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:45 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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1867 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1867 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.5
Supercell composite
12.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 101543
TORSGF
MOC125-161-101600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1042 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PHELPS COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  EASTERN MARIES COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.

* AT 1030 AM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NORTH OF SAINT JAMES.

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

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 3815 9169 3803 9169 3803 9155 3815 9154

$$

SAW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper44 min
May 9, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade41 min
May 10, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton28 min
May 10, 3:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton42 min
May 10, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair, Vernon64 min
May 10, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton55 min
May 10, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene56 min
May 10, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence53 min
May 10, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton34 min
May 10, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Webster26 min
May 10, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFWebster45 min
May 10, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Oregon, Shannon41 min
May 10, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene36 min
May 10, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Wright35 min
May 10, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Polk, Webster23 min
May 10, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas38 min
May 10, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps50 min
May 10, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon, St. Clair49 min
May 10, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon46 min
May 10, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon51 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.