Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 71, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2006, 11:34 PM CDT for St. Clair County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 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 15, 2006, 11:34 PM CDT (04:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County St. Clair County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 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 nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 542 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -383 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 508 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KSGF 160434 TORSGF MOC185-160545- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0071.060416T0434Z-060416T0545Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1134 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. * UNTIL 1245 AM CDT. * AT 1132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALKER...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEVADA... AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE... NEAR OSCEOLA BY 1205 AM CDT. THE TOWNS OF TABERVILLE...TIFFIN...MONEGAW SPRINGS...ROSCOE...VISTA AND ICONIUM ARE 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 3815 9405 3790 9406 3796 9353 3820 9352 $$ CRAMER
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 160448 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1147 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 MOC185-160545- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-060416T0545Z/ ST. CLAIR MO- 1147 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY UNTIL 1245 AM CDT... AT 1142 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF SCHELL CITY...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF EL DORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... NEAR OSCEOLA BY 1155 PM CDT. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. ANYONE IN OR NEAR THE CITY OF OSCEOLA SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW. THE TOWNS OF JOHNSON CITY...MONEGAW SPRINGS...ROSCOE...ICONIUM AND HARPER ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3815 9405 3790 9406 3796 9353 3820 9352 $$ CRAMER
000
WWUS53 KSGF 160459
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1159 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006
MOC185-160545-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-060416T0545Z/
ST. CLAIR MO-
1159 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY UNTIL
1245 AM CDT...
AT 1157 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OSCEOLA...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF EL DORADO
SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF OSCEOLA...LOWRY CITY...ICONIUM AND
HARPER.
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 3812 9384 3799 9384 3800 9352 3818 9353
3820 9354
$$
CRAMER000
WWUS53 KSGF 160515
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1215 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
MOC185-160525-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-060416T0545Z/
ST. CLAIR MO-
1215 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 1212 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER
POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3812 9384 3799 9384 3800 9352 3818 9353
3820 9354
$$
GAGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Vernon | 50 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.