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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 12, 2005, 10:25 PM CST for Douglas County, Ozark County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 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
- Nov 12, 2005, 10:25 PM CST (04:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2005, 11:15 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Douglas County, MO, Ozark County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 130425 TORSGF MOC067-153-130515- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0029.051113T0425Z-051113T0515Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1025 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHERN OZARK COUNTY IN MISSOURI. EXTREME SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI. * UNTIL 1115 PM CST. * AT 1022 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF AVA...OR JUST SOUTH OF THE DOUGLAS OZARK COUNTY LINE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN OZARK AND SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF WASOLA... NOBLE...ROCKBRIDGE...BRIXEY AND GENTRYVILLE. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY 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 3684 9268 3674 9270 3671 9235 3686 9232 $$ IZZI
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 130440 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1040 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 MOC067-153-130515- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-051113T0515Z/ DOUGLAS MO-OZARK MO- 1040 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN OZARK AND SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CST... AT 1035 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AVA...OR ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF WASOLA AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN OZARK AND SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF ROCKBRIDGE... BRIXEY AND DORA. THERE ARE STRONG INDICATIONS ON RADAR THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING MOBILE HOMES ARE EASILY DESTROYED BY TORNADIC WINDS AND SHOULD BE EVACUATED FOR A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3684 9254 3676 9255 3670 9211 3688 9211 $$ IZZI
000
WWUS53 KSGF 130501
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1101 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005
MOC067-153-130515-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-051113T0515Z/
DOUGLAS MO-OZARK MO-
1101 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST OZARK AND
SOUTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CST...
AT 1056 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF GAINESVILLE...OR 23 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF AVA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN OZARK AND
SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF DORA.
MOBILE HOMES ARE EASILY DESTROYED BY TORNADIC WINDS AND SHOULD BE
EVACUATED FOR A STURDY 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 3685 9235 3674 9234 3671 9223 3672 9212
3690 9211
$$
IZZI000
WWUS53 KSGF 130514
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1115 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005
MOC067-153-130521-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-051113T0515Z/
DOUGLAS MO-OZARK MO-
1115 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OZARK AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
AT 1115 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...AND WHILE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN POSSIBLE...THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE
TORNADIC THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY AS THE STORMS TRACK INTO HOWELL
COUTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.
LAT...LON 3685 9235 3674 9234 3671 9223 3672 9212
3690 9211
$$
RUNNELSThe 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, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Greene | 20 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, 10:28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.