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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Springfield, MO

May 23, 2004Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2004, 6:31 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 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
May 23, 2004, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2004, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
44 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), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 23, 6:36 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDMount Vernon, MOREPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO.
May 23, 6:36 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDMount Vernon, MOREPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO.
May 23, 6:43 PM CDTHAIL 1Mount Vernon, MOVIA E-SPOTTER. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
May 23, 6:43 PM CDTHAIL 1Mount Vernon, MOVIA E-SPOTTER. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
May 23, 6:44 PM CDTHAIL 1Mount Vernon, MOREPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
May 23, 6:44 PM CDTHAIL 1Mount Vernon, MOREPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
May 23, 6:52 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Mount Vernon, MOTREE LIMBS DOWN.
May 23, 6:52 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Mount Vernon, MOTREE LIMBS DOWN.

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
May 23, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 2004-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1106 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 2004-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 346 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
1106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-297 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
359 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.

482 
WFUS53 KSGF 232331
TORSGF
MOC109-240015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
632 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.

* AT 628 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT VERNON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE...
  5 MILES NORTHEAST OF VERONA BY 655 PM CDT.
  NEAR AURORA BY 700 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF STOTTS CITY...HOBERG AND FREISTATT 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

LAT...LON 3714 9396 3694 9397 3694 9364 3714 9370

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton39 min
May 23, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory49 min
May 23, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden44 min
May 23, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller46 min
May 23, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Laclede23 min
May 23, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas36 min
May 23, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Jasper, Lawrence44 min
May 23, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Laclede, Pulaski43 min
May 23, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk48 min
May 23, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence47 min
May 23, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFPhelps, Pulaski36 min
May 23, 6:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLawrence5 hr
May 23, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede27 min
May 23, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas44 min
May 23, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Stone51 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.