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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Springfield, MO

May 26, 2004St. Clair County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2004, 9:44 PM CDT for St. Clair County, Missouri. It was in force for 61 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 26, 2004, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2004, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County St. Clair County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 26, 10:20 PM CDT	TORNADO 2	7 W Roscoe, MO	* 1 INJ * TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN INITIALLY AT 1020 PM 6.5 MILES WEST OF ROSCOE, ON THE GROUND FOR 12 MILES, LIFTING 6 MILES SOUTH OF OSCEOLA AT 1040 PM. F2 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED IN ROSCOE AND JUST EAST OF ROSCOE. A FEW STRUCTURES COMPLETELY DESTROYED, NUMEROUS
May 26, 10:26 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 W Collins, MO	REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
May 26, 10:26 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 W Collins, MO	REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
May 26, 10:33 PM CDT	TORNADO	Roscoe, MO	* 1 INJ * UPDATE. SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED. TRAILER TURNED OVER. 1 INJURY REPORTED...NO SPECIFICS AT THIS TIME. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
May 26, 10:33 PM CDT	TORNADO	Roscoe, MO	* 1 INJ * UPDATE. SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED. TRAILER TURNED OVER. 1 INJURY REPORTED...NO SPECIFICS AT THIS TIME. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
May 26, 10:40 PM CDT	TORNADO 2	6 S Osceola, MO	F2 TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN AT 1020 PM LIFTING AT THIS LOCATION AT 1040 PM. REPORTED BY NWS STORM SURVEY.

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.

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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.

721 
WFUS53 KSGF 270244
TORSGF
MOC185-270345-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.

* AT 942 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RICH HILL...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN ST.
  CLAIR COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF TABERVILLE...TIFFIN...ROSCOE
  AND COLLINS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3804 9405 3790 9407 3782 9361 3800 9353

$$

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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, 9:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Vernon	63 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

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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.