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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Springfield, MO

January 12, 2005Barry County, Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 12, 2005, 4:24 PM CST for Barry County, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 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: Jan 12, 2005, 4:24 PM CST (22:24 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2005, 5:15 PM CST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barry County, MO, Lawrence County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 12, 3:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 0 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -298 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 453 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 456 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 122225
TORSGF
MOC009-109-122315-
/X.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0001.050112T2224Z-050112T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
424 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
  SOUTHEAST LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 515 PM CST.

* AT 421 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PURDY...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF MONETT...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR VERONA BY 435 PM CST.
  NEAR AURORA BY 440 PM CST.
  NEAR MARIONVILLE BY 445 PM CST.

THE TOWNS OF MCDOWELL...PLEASANT RIDGE AND MADRY ARE ALSO IN THE PATH
OF THIS TORNADIC STORM. LOCATIONS FURTHER SOUTH OVER EASTERN BARRY 
COUNTY CAN EXPECT STRAIGHT LINE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT 
WAS IN EFFECT FOR BARRY COUNTY. 

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 3692 9392 3676 9394 3679 9358 3713 9363

$$

BOOKBINDER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 2:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Douglas	39 days
Jan 12, 3:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence, Taney	39 days
Jan 12, 3:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Ozark	39 days
Jan 12, 3:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Taney	39 days
Jan 12, 3:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton, Polk	39 days
Jan 12, 4:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Douglas	39 days
Jan 12, 4:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller, Vernon	50 days
Jan 12, 4:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dallas	50 days
Jan 12, 4:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Jasper, Newton	71 days
Jan 12, 4:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Stone	89 days
Jan 12, 4:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	98 days
Jan 12, 5:07 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Lawrence and 4 more	6 hr
Jan 12, 5:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller, Pulaski, Webster	98 days

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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.