Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2004, 12:55 AM CDT for Barton County, Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 65 min. 12 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 27, 2004, 12:55 AM CDT (05:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2004, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Barton County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 27, 1:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mindenmines, MO | WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE AND A FEW STRUCTURES DAMAGED FROM MINDENMINES TO IANTHA. |
| May 27, 1:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mindenmines, MO | WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE AND A FEW STRUCTURES DAMAGED FROM MINDENMINES TO IANTHA. |
| May 27, 1:15 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 N Lamar, MO | 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY VOLUNTEER WEATHER OBSERVER. |
| May 27, 1:15 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 N Lamar, MO | 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY VOLUNTEER WEATHER OBSERVER. |
| May 27, 1:30 AM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Nw Golden City, MO | |
| May 27, 1:30 AM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Nw Golden City, MO | |
| May 27, 1:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lamar, MO | LARGE TREE DOWN LANDING IN SOMEONES LIVING ROOM...LIKELY CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. |
| May 27, 1:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lamar, MO | LARGE TREE DOWN LANDING IN SOMEONES LIVING ROOM...LIKELY CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. |
| May 27, 1:30 AM CDT | TORNADO | 3 N Lamar, MO | POSSIBLE TORNADO OBSERVED JUST NORTH OF LAMAR BY STORM SPOTTERS. TREES DOWN. |
| May 27, 1:30 AM CDT | TORNADO | 3 N Lamar, MO | POSSIBLE TORNADO OBSERVED JUST NORTH OF LAMAR BY STORM SPOTTERS. TREES DOWN. |
| May 27, 1:35 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Irwin, MO | |
| May 27, 1:35 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Irwin, 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.
| 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
505 WFUS53 KSGF 270555 TORSGF MOC011-217-270700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1256 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. * UNTIL 200 AM CDT. * AT 1253 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HEPLER...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT SCOTT...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE... 5 MILES NORTH OF LIBERAL BY 115 AM CDT. NEAR SHELDON BY 130 AM CDT. THE TOWNS OF BURGESS...OSKALOOSA...HANNON...BRONAUGH...IRWIN AND MILFORD 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 3784 9461 3742 9462 3738 9410 3773 9409 $$ LINDENBERG
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, 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.