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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Springfield, MO

August 5, 2003Douglas County, Wright County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2003, 10:05 PM CDT for Douglas County, Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 55 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: Aug 5, 2003, 10:05 PM CDT (03:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2003, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Douglas County, MO, Wright County, MO

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 5, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2285 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1305 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

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

591 
WFUS53 KSGF 060305
TORSGF
MOC067-229-060400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1005 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

* AT 1000 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 1 MILE   
  NORTH OF MANSFIELD...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF AVA...AND MOVING SOUTH   
  AT 20 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   AVA BY 1025 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF BRUSHYKNOB AND SQUIRES ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADIC STORM.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

LAT...LON 3717 9268 3682 9271 3683 9220 3715 9228

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede	43 min
Aug 5, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	54 min
Aug 5, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	60 min
Aug 5, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	62 min
Aug 5, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede	63 min
Aug 5, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	59 min
Aug 5, 9:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Webster	44 min
Aug 5, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	54 min
Aug 5, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller	61 min
Aug 5, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas	57 min
Aug 5, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	59 min
Aug 5, 10:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas	6 hr
Aug 5, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas	62 min
Aug 6, 9:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	55 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.