Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 86, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2006, 6:54 PM CDT for Texas County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 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 24, 2006, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2006, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Texas County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:07 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 S Licking, MO | |
| May 24, 7:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 S Licking, MO |
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 24, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KSGF 242354
TORSGF
MOC215-250100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0086.060524T2354Z-060525T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
654 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* AT 652 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON...AND MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE...
5 MILES SOUTH OF LICKING BY 720 PM CDT.
THE TOWN OF PRESCOTT IS 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 3754 9199 3749 9207 3738 9206 3738 9177
3759 9177
$$
CRAMER3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 250000 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 700 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 MOC215-250100- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0086.000000T0000Z-060525T0100Z/ TEXAS MO- 700 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TEXAS COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 657 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF HOUSTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... NEAR LICKING BY 710 PM CDT. THE TOWN OF PRESCOTT IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3756 9177 3748 9201 3739 9200 3738 9176 $$ CRAMER
000
WWUS53 KSGF 250020
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
721 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
MOC215-250100-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0086.000000T0000Z-060525T0100Z/
TEXAS MO-
721 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TEXAS COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM
CDT...
AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF RAYMONDVILLE...OR 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF HOUSTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN TEXAS 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 3748 9177 3747 9185 3737 9184 3736 9166
3742 9166 3742 9177
$$
CRAMER000
WWUS53 KSGF 250045
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
744 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
MOC215-250054-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0086.000000T0000Z-060525T0100Z/
TEXAS MO-
744 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TEXAS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 741 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.
LAT...LON 3748 9177 3747 9185 3737 9184 3736 9166
3742 9166 3742 9177
$$
CRAMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 6 hr |
| May 24, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 41 min |
| May 24, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 76 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.