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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO

April 24, 2003Camden County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2003, 9:33 PM CDT for Camden County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 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
Apr 24, 2003, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2003, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Camden County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2003-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 746 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 00:00Z on 2003-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
746 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 250233
TORSGF
MOC029-250315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
931 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 927 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES       
  SOUTHWEST OF CLIMAX SPRINGS.

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

PERSONS IN AND NEAR CLIMAX SPRINGS SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW 

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 3809 9312 3803 9306 3819 9284 3823 9302

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas63 min
Apr 24, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Wright41 min
Apr 24, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell46 min
Apr 24, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Morgan43 min
Apr 24, 7:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas6 hr
Apr 24, 7:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton6 hr
Apr 24, 7:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOzark6 hr
Apr 24, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon66 min
Apr 24, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk, Texas49 min
Apr 24, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Morgan46 min
Apr 24, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory, St. Clair56 min
Apr 24, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon39 min
Apr 24, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene49 min
Apr 24, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian67 min
Apr 24, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller, Morgan50 min
Apr 24, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Polk65 min
Apr 24, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory48 min
Apr 24, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Webster53 min
Apr 24, 9:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden6 hr
Apr 24, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Webster38 min
Apr 24, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster23 min
Apr 24, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright46 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.