Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 12, 2005, 8:00 PM CST for Greene County, Missouri. It was in force for 20 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
- Nov 12, 2005, 8:00 PM CST (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2005, 8:20 PM CST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Greene County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 8:10 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Republic, MO | STATE TROOPER REPORTED SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS UPLIFTED AND DESTROYED |
| Nov 12, 8:15 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Springfield, MO | NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT INTERSECTION OF BATTLEFIELD AND GOLDEN IN CITY OF SPRINGFIELD. |
| Nov 12, 8:21 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Springfield, MO | NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 60 AND KANSAS EXPRESSWAY IN CITY OF SPRINGFIELD. |
| Nov 12, 8:24 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Springfield, MO | ONE INCH HAIL REPORTED AT INTERSECTION OF CAMPBELL AND BATTLEFIELD IN CITY OF SPRINGFIELD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 5:49 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KSGF 130200 TORSGF MOC077-130300- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0028.051113T0200Z-051113T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 800 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN MISSOURI. * UNTIL 900 PM CST. * AT 754 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BILLINGS...OR 11 MILES EAST OF MOUNT VERNON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE... NEAR REPUBLIC BY 805 PM CST. NEAR BATTLEFIELD BY 810 PM CST. NEAR SPRINGFIELD BY 820 PM CST. NEAR STRAFFORD BY 835 PM CST. THIS WARNING DOES INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO EAST OF MOUNT VERNON. THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 60 AND 88. 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 3718 9362 3710 9362 3711 9308 3734 9309 $$ IZZI
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 130210 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 810 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 MOC077-130300- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-051113T0300Z/ GREENE MO- 810 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CST... AT 804 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REPUBLIC...OR 11 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD... AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SPRINGFIELD BETWEEN 815 AND 830 PM CST. NEAR STRAFFORD BY 835 PM CST. THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 65 AND 88. WHILE THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT THE ROTATION HAS WEAKENED IN THIS STORM...CONDITIONS ARE STILL VERY FAVORABLE FOR ANOTHER TORNADO TO DEVELOP. IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY SEEK SHELTER IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME. LAT...LON 3721 9354 3710 9356 3711 9308 3734 9309 $$ IZZI
000 WWUS53 KSGF 130220 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 819 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 MOC077-130229- /O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-051113T0300Z/ GREENE MO- 819 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GREENE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 814 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC ROTATION IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A TORNADO THREAT IN GREENE COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING AT THIS TIME FOR GREENE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3721 9354 3710 9356 3711 9308 3734 9309 $$ IZZI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 6:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 47 min |
| Nov 12, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade | 38 min |
| Nov 12, 6:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Newton | 43 min |
| Nov 12, 6:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 42 min |
| Nov 12, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 29 min |
| Nov 12, 7:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 44 min |
| Nov 12, 7:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 63 min |
| Nov 12, 8:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 41 min |
| Nov 12, 8:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 25 min |
| Nov 12, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 40 min |
| Nov 12, 9:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps | 23 min |
| Nov 12, 9:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Taney | 54 min |
| Nov 12, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 51 min |
| Nov 12, 10:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 41 min |
| Nov 12, 10:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 50 min |
| Nov 12, 10:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 32 min |
| Nov 12, 10:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 16 min |
| Nov 12, 11:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 51 min |
| Nov 13, 2:16 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | Barry, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Jasper and 7 more | 103 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.