Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 10:00 AM CST for Douglas County, Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 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 15, 2005, 10:00 AM CST (16:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2005, 10:35 AM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Douglas County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:03 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 15, 7:02 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KSGF 151600 TORSGF MOC067-229-151700- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0030.051115T1600Z-051115T1700Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1000 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI. SOUTHEAST WRIGHT COUNTY IN MISSOURI. * UNTIL 1100 AM CST. * AT 958 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AVA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE... NEAR NORWOOD BY 1015 AM CST. NEAR MOUNTAIN GROVE BY 1020 AM CST. THE TOWN OF BRUSHYKNOB IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM. 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 3701 9271 3689 9258 3707 9225 3727 9226 $$ FOSTER
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 151612 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1010 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 MOC067-229-151700- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-051115T1700Z/ WRIGHT MO-DOUGLAS MO- 1010 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DOUGLAS AND WRIGHT COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM CST... AT 1007 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORWOOD...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF AVA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... NEAR NORWOOD BY 1015 AM CST. NEAR MOUNTAIN GROVE BY 1020 AM CST. THE TOWN OF BRUSHYKNOB IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. A SECOND ROTATION HAS BEEN BEING OBSERVED IN SOUTHEAST WRIGHT COUNTY NEAR NORWOOD. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3701 9271 3689 9258 3707 9225 3727 9226 $$ GCC
000 WWUS53 KSGF 151624 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1022 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 MOC067-229-151700- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-051115T1700Z/ WRIGHT MO-DOUGLAS MO- 1022 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN DOUGLAS AND SOUTHEAST WRIGHT COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM CST... AT 1018 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF NORWOOD...5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN GROVE...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF AVA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN DOUGLAS AND SOUTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF MOUNTAIN GROVE. 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. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. LAT...LON 3701 9271 3689 9258 3707 9225 3727 9226 $$ FOSTER
000 WWUS53 KSGF 151635 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1034 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 MOC067-229-151641- /O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-051115T1700Z/ WRIGHT MO-DOUGLAS MO- 1034 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DOUGLAS AND WRIGHT COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1034 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...MOVING QUICKLY NORTHEAST AND MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES LATER THIS MORNING. LAT...LON 3701 9271 3689 9258 3707 9225 3727 9226 $$ CLAYCOMB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 8:47 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 8 hr |
| Nov 14, 9:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell | 8 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Newton | 6 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 39 min |
| Nov 14, 11:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 44 min |
| Nov 14, 11:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 17 min |
| Nov 15, 12:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 61 min |
| Nov 15, 1:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Oregon, Shannon, Texas | 4 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 16 min |
| Nov 15, 10:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Texas | 52 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.