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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2004, 1:31 AM CDT for Dade County, Missouri. It was in force for 59 min. 4 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, 1:31 AM CDT (06:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2004, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Dade County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:31 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 27, 1:48 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lockwood, MO | 65 MPH WINDS AND TREE DAMAGE |
| May 27, 1:48 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lockwood, MO | 65 MPH WINDS AND TREE DAMAGE |
| May 27, 2:00 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Arcola, MO | |
| May 27, 2:00 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Arcola, 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.
628 WFUS53 KSGF 270631 TORSGF MOC057-270730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 131 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. * UNTIL 230 AM CDT. * AT 127 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAMAR...OR ABOUT 23 MILES EAST OF PITTSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE... NEAR LOCKWOOD BY 150 AM CDT. NEAR GREENFIELD BY 200 AM CDT. NEAR EVERTON BY 210 AM CDT. THE TOWNS OF SYLVANIA...MEINERT...SOUTH GREENFIELD AND PENNSBORO 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 3758 9408 3730 9408 3729 9365 3756 9363 $$ 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, 12:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 65 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.