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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO

April 22, 2004Douglas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2004, 8:10 PM CDT for Douglas County, Missouri. It was in force for 65 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
Apr 22, 2004, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2004, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Douglas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 22, 8:20 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Smallett, MO

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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2004-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 112 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 00:00Z on 2004-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 336 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
336 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
543 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 230110
TORSGF
MOC067-230215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
810 PM CDT THU APR 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT.

* AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TANEYVILLE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  BRANSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN DOUGLAS
  COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF ROME AND SQUIRES.

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 3699 9291 3682 9291 3682 9276 3680 9211
          3696 9211

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian65 min
Apr 22, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFStone31 min
Apr 22, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry57 min
Apr 22, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFTaney61 min
Apr 22, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper59 min
Apr 22, 7:52 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Stone53 min
Apr 22, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald61 min
Apr 22, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence63 min
Apr 22, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFOzark65 min
Apr 22, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas60 min
Apr 22, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell79 min
Apr 22, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark46 min
Apr 22, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair29 min
Apr 22, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon55 min
Apr 22, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon59 min
Apr 23, 5:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald64 min
Apr 23, 6:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry62 min
Apr 23, 8:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, McDonald53 min
Apr 23, 10:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald3 hr
Apr 23, 10:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry3 hr
Apr 23, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton45 min
Apr 23, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Newton55 min
Apr 23, 5:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Stone3 hr
Apr 23, 5:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLawrence5 hr
Apr 23, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence41 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.