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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2006, 4:21 PM CDT for Oregon County, Missouri. It was in force for 16 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
- Apr 2, 2006, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2006, 4:37 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Oregon County, MO
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1069 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KSGF 022120 TORSGF MOC149-022145- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0063.060402T2121Z-060402T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 421 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * UNTIL 445 PM CDT. * AT 417 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF GATEWOOD...OR 19 MILES EAST OF THAYER...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN OREGON 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 3663 9142 3647 9144 3649 9115 3668 9114 $$ IZZI
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KSGF 022137 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 437 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006 MOC149-022147- /O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-060402T2145Z/ OREGON MO- 437 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OREGON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 434 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD. LAT...LON 3663 9142 3647 9144 3649 9115 3668 9114 $$ IZZI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 12:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 56 min |
| Apr 2, 12:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 66 min |
| Apr 2, 12:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 1:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 1:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 1:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 1:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Hickory, Polk, St. Clair | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 23 min |
| Apr 2, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Webster | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 63 min |
| Apr 2, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller, Morgan | 16 min |
| Apr 2, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 66 min |
| Apr 2, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 55 min |
| Apr 2, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 67 min |
| Apr 2, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 17 min |
| Apr 2, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent | 11 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.