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Tornado Warning 81, NWS Springfield, MO

November 18, 2003Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 18, 2003, 1:17 PM CST for Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 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
Nov 18, 2003, 1:17 PM CST (19:17 UTC)
Expired
Nov 18, 2003, 2:00 PM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lawrence County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 9 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 2003-11-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 357 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 2003-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
357 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 181917
TORSGF
MOC109-182000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
116 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 200 PM CST.

* AT 115 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AURORA...OR 10 MILES EAST OF MONETT...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   MARIONVILLE BY 135 PM CST.

IF YOU LIVE IN AURORA...TAKE COVER NOW

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 3700 9383 3693 9384 3693 9363 3702 9363

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 18, 1:39 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Texas6 hr
Nov 18, 11:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton57 min
Nov 18, 12:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton36 min
Nov 18, 12:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence64 min
Nov 18, 12:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar44 min
Nov 18, 1:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk56 min
Nov 18, 1:29 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Stone61 min
Nov 18, 1:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene65 min
Nov 18, 1:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory58 min
Nov 18, 2:24 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian4 hr
Nov 18, 2:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas66 min
Nov 18, 2:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Webster60 min
Nov 18, 2:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede66 min
Nov 18, 3:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark57 min
Nov 18, 3:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright53 min
Nov 18, 3:08 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Phelps and 3 more6 hr
Nov 18, 3:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas62 min
Nov 18, 4:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas39 min
Nov 18, 5:14 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFWright4 hr
Nov 18, 5:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon56 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.