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Tornado Warning 69, NWS Springfield, MO

May 10, 2003Jasper County, Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2003, 4:37 PM CDT for Jasper County, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 53 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, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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 10, 11:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 36 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.

891 
WFUS53 KSGF 102137
TORSGF
MOC097-109-102230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 432 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF DIAMOND...OR 15 MILES EAST OF JOPLIN...MOVING EAST AT
  45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   MOUNT VERNON...MILLER BY 505 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF REEDS...LA RUSSELL...STOTTS CITY...HOBERG AND CHESAPEAKE
ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT 
WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY. 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 3719 9430 3708 9429 3704 9398 3708 9363
          3727 9363 3727 9410

$$

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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, 10:43 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFMaries, Phelps17 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, 4:41 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.