Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 72, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2003, 4:03 PM CDT for Barry 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
- May 16, 2003, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2003, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Barry County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 33 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KSGF 162103 TORSGF MOC009-162145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 402 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTY IN MISSOURI * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 401 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CASSVILLE...OR 25 MILES EAST OF PEA RIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF... BARRY COUNTY. THE TOWNS OF EAGLE ROCK AND SHELL KNOB ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM. 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 3650 9386 3653 9358 3676 9359 3674 9381 $$ WATSON/TERRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 46 min |
| May 16, 6:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald | 77 min |
| May 16, 6:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 51 min |
| May 16, 6:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 58 min |
| May 16, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 64 min |
| May 16, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 62 min |
| May 16, 7:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Newton | 6 hr |
| May 16, 7:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 53 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.