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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Springfield, MO

May 23, 2004Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2004, 9:51 PM CDT for Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 min. 6 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, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2004, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stone County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 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, 9:52 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Kimberling City, MO
May 23, 9:52 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Kimberling City, MO
May 23, 9:55 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Kimberling City, MO
May 23, 9:55 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Kimberling City, MO
May 23, 9:57 PM CDTHAIL 1.51 N Kimberling City, MO
May 23, 9:57 PM CDTHAIL 1.51 N Kimberling City, MO

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 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 2004-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2346 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
2346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

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

684 
WFUS53 KSGF 240251
TORSGF
MOC209-240330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEAST STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.

* AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KIMBERLING CITY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF
  BRANSON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
  STONE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF LAMPE...KIMBERLING CITY AND
  BLUE EYE.

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 3665 9354 3649 9354 3650 9333 3671 9333

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence61 min
May 23, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Shannon, Texas44 min
May 23, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton67 min
May 23, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone60 min
May 23, 8:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFNewton4 hr
May 23, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry66 min
May 23, 8:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Shannon, Texas3 hr
May 23, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence46 min
May 23, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney82 min
May 23, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton64 min
May 23, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry49 min
May 23, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone55 min
May 23, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney25 min
May 24, 1:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFNewton6 hr

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.