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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Springfield, MO

June 13, 2005Wright County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2005, 8:31 PM CDT for Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 66 min. 19 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: Jun 13, 2005, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2005, 9:37 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jun 13, 8:41 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Cedar Gap, MO	GOLF BALL HAIL AT CEDAR GAP
Jun 13, 8:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mansfield, MO	SMALL TRESS DOWN ON RT 5 1 MILE NORTH OF US 60.
Jun 13, 8:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mansfield, MO	SMALL TRESS DOWN ON RT 5 1 MILE NORTH OF US 60.
Jun 13, 9:03 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	4 N Mansfield, MO
Jun 13, 9:03 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	4 N Mansfield, MO
Jun 13, 9:10 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	5 W Mountain Grove, MO
Jun 13, 9:10 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	5 W Mountain Grove, MO
Jun 13, 9:10 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Norwood, MO	IN NORWAOOD ON HIGHWAY N
Jun 13, 9:10 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Norwood, MO	IN NORWAOOD ON HIGHWAY N
Jun 13, 9:14 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	4 N Norwood, MO	REPORTED BY FD THROUGH EM
Jun 13, 9:14 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	4 N Norwood, MO	REPORTED BY FD THROUGH EM
Jun 13, 9:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mansfield, MO	LARGE TREES DOWN N OF MANSFIELD ON HWY 5.
Jun 13, 9:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mansfield, MO	LARGE TREES DOWN N OF MANSFIELD ON HWY 5.
Jun 13, 9:28 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Mountain Grove, MO	RELAYED BY EM
Jun 13, 9:28 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Mountain Grove, MO	RELAYED BY EM
Jun 13, 9:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Norwood, MO	TREE FELL ON FIRE TRUCK AND TRAPPED FIRE FIGHTER NO INJURIES
Jun 13, 9:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Norwood, MO	TREE FELL ON FIRE TRUCK AND TRAPPED FIRE FIGHTER NO INJURIES
Jun 13, 9:32 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Mountain Grove, MO	WALL CLOUD REPORTED BY OFF DUTY MEDIA
Jun 13, 9:32 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Mountain Grove, MO	WALL CLOUD REPORTED BY OFF DUTY MEDIA

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
Jun 13, 2:55 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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: 2648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 6.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 140132
TORSGF
MOC229-140230-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0018.050614T0131Z-050614T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
831 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.

* AT 829 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SEYMOUR...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF AVA...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR MANSFIELD BY 840 PM CDT.
  NEAR NORWOOD BY 900 PM CDT.
  NEAR MOUNTAIN GROVE BY 915 PM CDT.

WALNUT SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED 
ALONG THE ROUTE 60 CORRIDOR. THIS STORM HAS A LONG HISTORY OF 
PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

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 3729 9269 3707 9268 3706 9226 3731 9225

$$

BOOKBINDER

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 140147
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
847 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

MOC009-140157-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0108.000000T0000Z-050614T0145Z/
BARRY MO-
847 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BARRY COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE...

AT 845 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.

LAT...LON 3678 9406 3648 9407 3648 9359 3682 9362

$$

FOSTER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 140202 RRA
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
901 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

MOC229-140230-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050614T0230Z/
WRIGHT MO-
901 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY UNTIL 930 
PM CDT...

AT 857 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORWOOD...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF AVA...AND 
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM TRACK ALONG ROUTE 60...AND WILL BE NEAR NORWOOD 
BY 910 PM AND MOUNTAIN GROVE BY 920 PM CDT. LARGE HAIL UP TO WALNUT 
SIZE AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED WITHIN THE STORM. A TORNADO
MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF
YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING OR TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR CLOSET. IF
DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 3729 9254 3707 9262 3706 9226 3731 9225

$$

BOOKBINDER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 140212
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
912 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

MOC229-140230-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050614T0230Z/
WRIGHT MO-
912 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR WRIGHT COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 906 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR 
NORWOOD. THE DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NORWOOD...OR 19 
MILES NORTHEAST OF AVA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE DEVELOPING TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR MOUNTAIN GROVE BY 920 PM CDT.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED WITHIN THE STORM. A TORNADO
MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF
YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING OR TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR CLOSET. IF
DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 3729 9244 3707 9251 3706 9226 3731 9225

$$

BOOKBINDER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 140237
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
937 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

MOC229-140247-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050614T0230Z/
WRIGHT MO-
937 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WRIGHT COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...

AT 936 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.

LAT...LON 3729 9244 3707 9251 3706 9226 3731 9225

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene	61 min
Jun 13, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps, Pulaski	52 min
Jun 13, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	51 min
Jun 13, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	51 min
Jun 13, 7:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Phelps	29 min
Jun 13, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Webster	63 min
Jun 13, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	51 min
Jun 13, 8:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Lawrence	6 hr
Jun 13, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	38 min
Jun 13, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	71 min
Jun 13, 9:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Texas	74 min
Jun 13, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	37 min
Jun 13, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas	78 min
Jun 13, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	50 min
Jun 13, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	64 min
Jun 13, 10:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent	66 min
Jun 13, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	64 min
Jun 13, 10:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Texas	24 min
Jun 13, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	56 min
Jun 13, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	34 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.