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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Springfield, MO

July 12, 2003Barry County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 2003, 5:41 AM CDT for Barry County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 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
Jul 12, 2003, 5:41 AM CDT (10:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2003, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
34 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), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:43 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
Jul 12, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 2003-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1159 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
1159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

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

967 
WFUS53 KSGF 121041
TORSGF
MOC009-121115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
541 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BARRY COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 615 AM CDT.

* AT 538 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EXETER...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEA
  RIDGE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

THE TOWNS OF WAYNE...EAGLE ROCK AND GOLDEN ARE 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 3674 9397 3658 9406 3641 9365 3661 9354

$$

BROWNING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski64 min
Jul 11, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas49 min
Jul 11, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps53 min
Jul 11, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas66 min
Jul 11, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon60 min
Jul 11, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Phelps54 min
Jul 11, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair52 min
Jul 11, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton63 min
Jul 11, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon56 min
Jul 11, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory57 min
Jul 11, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon65 min
Jul 11, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller, Morgan59 min
Jul 11, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Stone80 min
Jul 11, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney77 min
Jul 11, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent61 min
Jul 11, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon60 min
Jul 11, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald63 min
Jul 11, 11:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent4 hr
Jul 11, 11:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFPhelps4 hr
Jul 11, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon52 min
Jul 12, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon73 min
Jul 12, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene65 min
Jul 12, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Dade53 min
Jul 12, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon46 min
Jul 12, 1:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFVernon3 hr
Jul 12, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence80 min
Jul 12, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Dade76 min
Jul 12, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone47 min
Jul 12, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar61 min
Jul 12, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon58 min
Jul 12, 2:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Dade3 hr
Jul 12, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene69 min
Jul 12, 2:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone67 min
Jul 12, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade, Lawrence81 min
Jul 12, 3:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone, Taney3 hr
Jul 12, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk79 min
Jul 12, 3:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene61 min
Jul 12, 3:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton55 min
Jul 12, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper64 min
Jul 12, 4:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry52 min
Jul 12, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Polk45 min
Jul 12, 5:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry47 min
Jul 12, 6:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas, Greene, Polk, Webster4 hr

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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.