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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Springfield, MO

April 22, 2004Barry County, Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2004, 6:17 PM CDT for Barry County, Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 58 min. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 2004, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2004, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barry County, MO, Stone County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 22, 6:35 PM CDTHAIL 1.5Crane, MO
Apr 22, 6:40 PM CDTHAIL 1.5Crane, MO
Apr 22, 6:52 PM CDTHAIL 1Elsey, MO
Apr 22, 6:52 PM CDTHAIL 2.5Elsey, MO
Apr 22, 6:55 PM CDTHAIL 33 Sw Crane, MO
Apr 22, 6:57 PM CDTHAIL 3Elsey, MO
Apr 22, 7:07 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 Nw Hurley, MO
Apr 22, 7:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Elsey, MOLARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 22, 1:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 16 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 2004-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -74 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

691 
WFUS53 KSGF 222317
TORSGF
MOC009-209-230015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
617 PM CDT THU APR 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.

* AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PURDY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF MONETT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR CRANE BY 645 PM CDT.
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GALENA BY 650 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF MCDOWELL...JENKINS...MADRY...WHEELERVILLE...ELSEY AND
HURLEY ARE ALSO 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 3680 9387 3674 9383 3675 9338 3698 9337
          3698 9348

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas67 min
Apr 22, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton18 min
Apr 22, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade40 min
Apr 22, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Newton58 min
Apr 22, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence32 min
Apr 22, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden47 min
Apr 22, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian47 min
Apr 22, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski61 min
Apr 22, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton14 min
Apr 22, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper55 min
Apr 22, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps64 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.