Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 85, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2006, 7:27 PM CDT for Howell County, Missouri. It was in force for 18 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2006, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2006, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Howell County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:29 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Moody, MO | TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL |
| May 9, 7:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Moody, MO | TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND 3 CAR WINDSHIELDS BROKEN OUT BY HAIL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 680 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KSGF 100028 TORSGF MOC091-100045- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0085.060510T0027Z-060510T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 727 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * UNTIL 745 PM CDT. * AT 724 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF BAKERSFIELD...OR NEAR MOODY ...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN HOWELL COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF MOODY. 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. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WELL AWAY FROM THE STORM CENTER. TRAINED STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM AT 725 PM. LAT...LON 3667 9211 3649 9210 3649 9181 3667 9190 $$ TERRY
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KSGF 100044 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 744 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 MOC091-100054- /O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-060510T0045Z/ HOWELL MO- 744 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HOWELL COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 744 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD. LAT...LON 3667 9211 3649 9210 3649 9181 3667 9190 $$ TERRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell | 6 hr |
| May 9, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon | 23 min |
| May 9, 10:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 12 hr |
| May 10, 12:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald | 9 hr |
| May 10, 12:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell | 8 hr |
| May 10, 1:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 8 hr |
| May 10, 1:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 8 hr |
| May 10, 2:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Webster | 7 hr |
| May 10, 2:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene | 7 hr |
| May 10, 2:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Texas | 6 hr |
| May 10, 3:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Wright | 6 hr |
| May 10, 3:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Newton | 6 hr |
| May 10, 3:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Laclede, Pulaski | 5 hr |
| May 10, 4:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Phelps | 5 hr |
| May 10, 5:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 4 hr |
| May 10, 5:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian | 4 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.