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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Springfield, MO

June 13, 2005Texas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2005, 9:16 PM CDT for Texas County, Missouri. It was in force for 74 min. 4 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, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
74 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Texas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 10:15 PM CDTTORNADO2 N Dunn, MO
Jun 13, 10:15 PM CDTTORNADO2 N Dunn, MO
Jun 13, 10:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGCabool, MOCOUPLE TREES DOWN IN CABOOL.
Jun 13, 10:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGCabool, MOCOUPLE TREES DOWN IN CABOOL.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2005-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2648 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2005-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 140218
TORSGF
MOC215-140330-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0019.050614T0216Z-050614T0330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.

* AT 915 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD   
  NEAR NORWOOD OR JUST WEST OF MOUNTAIN GROVE. DOPPLER RADAR   
  SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR CABOOL BY 940 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF ELK CREEK...CLEAR SPRINGS AND ARROLL ARE ALSO IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.

DAMAGING STRAIGHTLINE WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM 
HUGGINS TO HOUSTON.

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 3728 9225 3706 9226 3706 9166 3730 9165

$$

BOOKBINDER
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 140235
SVSSGF

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

MOC215-140330-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050614T0330Z/
TEXAS MO-
934 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR TEXAS COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

AT 932 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD. THE 
WALL CLOUD WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNTAIN GROVE...OR 12 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF HOUSTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR HOUSTON BY 955 PM CDT.
  NEAR RAYMONDVILLE BY 1010 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF SIMMONS...ELK CREEK...SOLO...YUKON...EUNICE AND
HARTSHORN ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

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 3728 9225 3718 9225 3718 9167 3741 9166

$$

CRAMER
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 140249
SVSSGF

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

MOC215-140330-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050614T0330Z/
TEXAS MO-
949 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR TEXAS COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

AT 945 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO..  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOUSTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR HOUSTON BY 955 PM CDT.
  NEAR RAYMONDVILLE BY 1010 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF BUCYRUS IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

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 3733 9215 3723 9213 3731 9167 3741 9167
      3742 9178 3748 9177

$$

CRAMER
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 140301 RRA
SVSSGF

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

MOC215-140330-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050614T0330Z/
TEXAS MO-
958 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR TEXAS COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

AT 957 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE 
GROUND NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF RAYMONDVILLE.  THIS STORM IS MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR RAYMONDVILLE BY 1010 PM CDT.

THE COMMUNITY OF RAYMONDVILLE SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW

THE TOWN OF BUCYRUS IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

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 3734 9206 3726 9203 3731 9167 3741 9167
      3742 9178 3748 9177

$$

CRAMER
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 140314
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1011 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

MOC215-140330-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050614T0330Z/
TEXAS MO-
1011 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR TEXAS COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

AT 1010 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO A FEW 
MILES WEST OF CABOOL.  THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR HOUSTON BY 1030 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF HUGGINS...BENDAVIS...SIMMONS...BUCYRUS...ELK CREEK...
SOLO AND CLEAR SPRINGS ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF TORNADO
PRODUCING STORMS.

ANOTHER TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR THE 
COMMUNITY OF RAYMONDVILLE.  PERSONS LIVING IN OR NEAR RAYMONDVILLE 
SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW.

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 3734 9229 3706 9225 3705 9168 3741 9167
      3742 9178

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Greene61 min
Jun 13, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Phelps, Pulaski52 min
Jun 13, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence51 min
Jun 13, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald51 min
Jun 13, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFPhelps29 min
Jun 13, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFWebster63 min
Jun 13, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry51 min
Jun 13, 8:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLawrence6 hr
Jun 13, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald38 min
Jun 13, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFWright66 min
Jun 13, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone, Taney71 min
Jun 13, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster37 min
Jun 13, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas78 min
Jun 13, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright50 min
Jun 13, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark64 min
Jun 13, 10:09 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDent66 min
Jun 13, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell64 min
Jun 13, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFTexas24 min
Jun 13, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon56 min
Jun 13, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone, Taney34 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.