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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Springfield, MO

May 27, 2004Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2004, 12:16 AM CDT for Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 59 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 27, 2004, 12:16 AM CDT (05:16 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2004, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pulaski County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:19 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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°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.

126 
WFUS53 KSGF 270516
TORSGF
MOC169-270615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1216 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT.

* AT 1211 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEBANON...AND MOVING EAST AT
  40 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR FORT LEONARD WOOD BY 1245 AM CDT.

THE TOWN OF LAQUEY IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WELL AWAY FROM 
THE STORM CENTER.

LAT...LON 3775 9203 3781 9240 3770 9242 3762 9224
          3761 9203

$$

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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, 11:03 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDallas57 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, 12:55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.