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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Springfield, MO

November 27, 2005Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2005, 8:27 PM CST for Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 8 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 27, 2005, 8:27 PM CST (02:27 UTC)
Expired: Nov 27, 2005, 8:35 PM CST
In force: 8 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Shannon County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 27, 3:05 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 248 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: 70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 280227
TORSGF
MOC203-280245-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0039.051128T0227Z-051128T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
827 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN SHANNON COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 845 PM CST.

* AT 823 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF EMINENCE...OR 27 MILES WEST OF
  PIEDMONT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN SHANNON
  COUNTY.

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 3709 9133 3709 9112 3775 9064 3786 9092

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 280235
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
836 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

MOC203-280246-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-051128T0245Z/
SHANNON MO-
836 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SHANNON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 833 PM 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.

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 3709 9133 3709 9112 3775 9064 3786 9092

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 27, 6:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	38 min
Nov 27, 6:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell	64 min
Nov 27, 6:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	28 min
Nov 27, 6:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade	23 min
Nov 27, 7:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Hickory, Polk	37 min
Nov 27, 7:19 PM CST	High Wind Warning	SGF	Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 17 more	6 hr
Nov 27, 7:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	68 min
Nov 27, 7:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	33 min
Nov 27, 8:18 PM CST	High Wind Watch	SGF	Camden, Christian, Dallas, Dent, Douglas, Greene and 15 more	5 hr
Nov 27, 9:43 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Oregon, Shannon	10 hr
Nov 27, 10:09 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Howell	10 hr
Nov 27, 11:34 PM CST	Wind Advisory	SGF	Dent, Douglas, Howell, Maries, Oregon, Ozark and 5 more	93 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.