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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Springfield, MO

May 26, 2004Dallas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2004, 11:03 PM CDT for Dallas County, Missouri. It was in force for 57 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, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2004, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dallas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 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 26, 11:20 PM CDTTORNADO2 N Urbana, MO
May 26, 11:20 PM CDTTORNADO2 N Urbana, MO
May 26, 11:39 PM CDTHAIL 0.52 N Tunas, MO
May 26, 11:39 PM CDTHAIL 0.52 N Tunas, MO
May 26, 11:53 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 E Urbana, MOFAMILY OBSERVED FUNNEL CLOUD PASS ALONG HIGHWAY D JUST EAST OF URBANA.
May 26, 11:53 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 E Urbana, MOFAMILY OBSERVED FUNNEL CLOUD PASS ALONG HIGHWAY D JUST EAST OF URBANA.

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 26, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2004-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1669 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 2004-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 273 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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.

085 
WFUS53 KSGF 270403
TORSGF
MOC059-270500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1103 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

* AT 1058 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A TORNADIC CIRCULATION. THIS DANGEROUS    
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHEATLAND...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTH OF      
  BOLIVAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR URBANA BY 1125 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF TUNAS AND LEADMINE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC
STORM.

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED A DAMAGING TORNADO IN YOU LIVE IN 
NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY TAKE SHELTER NOW 

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 3790 9319 3781 9319 3773 9287 3788 9288

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Phelps29 min
May 26, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFVernon63 min
May 26, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFSt. Clair61 min
May 26, 10:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFHickory68 min
May 26, 10:40 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFSt. Clair35 min
May 26, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden52 min
May 26, 11:29 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFLaclede76 min
May 27, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden32 min
May 27, 12:16 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFPulaski59 min
May 27, 12:55 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarton, Vernon65 min
May 27, 1:31 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFDade59 min
May 27, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar58 min
May 27, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Polk54 min
May 27, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster40 min
May 27, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright64 min
May 27, 3:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas44 min
May 27, 3:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede59 min
May 27, 3:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas63 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.