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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Springfield, MO

May 10, 2003Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2003, 5:00 PM CDT for Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 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, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2003, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Webster County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.

800 
WFUS53 KSGF 102200
TORSGF
MOC225-102245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEBSTER COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 457 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FORDLAND...
  OR 17 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   MARSHFIELD BY 510 PM CDT.
   NIANGUA BY 515 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF NORTHVIEW IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. 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 3723 9313 3709 9299 3724 9269 3749 9277

$$

BROWNING

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, 4:37 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, 5:04 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

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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.