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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Springfield, MO

May 30, 2004Dallas County, Polk County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 2:24 PM CDT for Dallas County, Polk County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 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 30, 2004, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dallas County, MO, Polk County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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 30, 10:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1630 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 279 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1630 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.8
Supercell composite
17.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

891 
WFUS53 KSGF 301924
TORSGF
MOC059-167-302000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
224 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT.

* AT 220 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOLIVAR...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR URBANA BY 230 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF POLK...GOODSON...LOUISBURG...PUMPKIN CENTER...TUNAS AND
LEADMINE 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 3776 9347 3758 9330 3786 9288 3794 9308

$$
BROWNING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper38 min
May 30, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Hickory, Polk49 min
May 30, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence, Newton39 min
May 30, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar48 min
May 30, 1:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Hickory38 min
May 30, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Greene, Lawrence51 min
May 30, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry49 min
May 30, 2:07 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden, Miller23 min
May 30, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller, Pulaski42 min
May 30, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar51 min
May 30, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene61 min
May 30, 2:29 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden, Maries, Miller, Pulaski31 min
May 30, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Ozark67 min
May 30, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney66 min
May 30, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone65 min
May 30, 2:44 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMaries, Miller, Pulaski46 min
May 30, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade45 min
May 30, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton55 min
May 30, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory66 min
May 30, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon, Texas64 min
May 30, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk39 min
May 30, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFShannon54 min
May 30, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede51 min
May 30, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan44 min
May 30, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFLaclede44 min
May 30, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas56 min
May 30, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden, Pulaski47 min
May 30, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright45 min
May 30, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFTaney23 min
May 30, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas65 min
May 30, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFOzark63 min
May 30, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMaries, Phelps, Pulaski35 min
May 30, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent37 min
May 30, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon67 min
May 30, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas46 min
May 30, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell71 min
May 30, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon47 min
May 30, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMaries32 min
May 30, 4:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell6 hr
May 30, 4:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFShannon6 hr
May 30, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon58 min
May 30, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon29 min
May 30, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.