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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

May 26, 2004Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2004, 9:12 PM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 63 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: May 26, 2004, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2004, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 26, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 1669 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 273 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.7
Supercell composite: 12.9

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The text

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

531 
WFUS53 KSGF 270212
TORSGF
MOC217-270315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
912 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.

* AT 908 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRESCOTT...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  PLEASANTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR SCHELL CITY BY 955 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF STOTESBURY...METZ...HORTON AND HARWOOD 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 3817 9474 3799 9476 3792 9409 3811 9407

$$

IZZI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	29 min
May 26, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	61 min
May 26, 10:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Hickory	68 min
May 26, 10:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	35 min
May 26, 11:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas	57 min
May 26, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	52 min
May 26, 11:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede	76 min
May 27, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	32 min
May 27, 12:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Pulaski	59 min
May 27, 12:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	65 min
May 27, 1:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade	59 min
May 27, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar	58 min
May 27, 1:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Polk	54 min
May 27, 2:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	40 min
May 27, 2:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	64 min
May 27, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas	44 min
May 27, 3:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede	59 min
May 27, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	63 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.