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Tornado Warning 101, NWS Springfield, MO

September 22, 2006Douglas County, Ozark County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 22, 2006, 4:58 PM CDT for Douglas County, Ozark County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 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: Sep 22, 2006, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired: Sep 22, 2006, 5:28 PM CDT
In force: 30 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), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 22, 12:06 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 363 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 8.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 222158
TORSGF
MOC067-153-222245-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0101.060922T2158Z-060922T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
458 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BRIXEY...OR
  18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  DORA BY 510 PM CDT

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 3685 9241 3671 9246 3675 9212 3694 9210

$$

IZZI

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 222213
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
513 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

MOC067-153-222245-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0101.000000T0000Z-060922T2245Z/
DOUGLAS MO-OZARK MO-
513 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OZARK AND SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...

AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 
DORA...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLOW SPRINGS...MOVING EAST 
AT 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3688 9232 3668 9233 3675 9212 3694 9210

$$

IZZI

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 222228
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
528 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

MOC067-153-222238-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0101.000000T0000Z-060922T2245Z/
DOUGLAS MO-OZARK MO-
528 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OZARK AND SOUTHEASTERN 
DOUGLAS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH 
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE 
AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI. 

LAT...LON 3688 9232 3668 9233 3675 9212 3694 9210

$$

IZZI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 22, 12:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas	41 min
Sep 22, 12:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede	49 min
Sep 22, 12:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden	41 min
Sep 22, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	69 min
Sep 22, 1:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Pulaski	35 min
Sep 22, 1:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Shannon, Texas	50 min
Sep 22, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	67 min
Sep 22, 1:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	50 min
Sep 22, 1:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent	54 min
Sep 22, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	57 min
Sep 22, 4:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent	34 min
Sep 22, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Taney	63 min
Sep 22, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	37 min
Sep 22, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	61 min
Sep 22, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell	37 min
Sep 22, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps	39 min
Sep 22, 5:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Shannon	23 min
Sep 22, 6:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Oregon	25 min

Nearby

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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.