Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 37, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2004, 6:18 PM CDT for Jasper County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 2, 2004, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jasper County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 6:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Joplin, MO | TREES DOWN ON ROADS AND HOMES IN JOPLIN FROM 31ST TO INDIANA RD. REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MNGR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1342 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KSGF 022318 TORSGF MOC097-030000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 618 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. * UNTIL 700 PM CDT. * AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEBB CITY...OR NEAR JOPLIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE... NEAR CARTHAGE BY 630 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF OAKLAND PARK...LAKESIDE...BROOKLYN HEIGHTS...ATLAS... REEDS AND AVILLA 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 3736 9463 3707 9459 3707 9407 3735 9409 $$ LINDENBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Webster | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede, Wright | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 54 min |
| Jul 2, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 52 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.