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Tornado Warning 87, NWS Springfield, MO

May 24, 2006Dent County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2006, 7:14 PM CDT for Dent County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 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: May 24, 2006, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2006, 7:51 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dent County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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
May 24, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 223 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: 2528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1152 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 6.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 250014
TORSGF
MOC065-250130-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0087.060525T0014Z-060525T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
714 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

* AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LICKING...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  HOUSTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN DENT
  COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF MONTAUK...JADWIN AND GLADDEN.

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 3755 9176 3743 9176 3742 9122 3750 9123
      3750 9132 3760 9133 3760 9117 3764 9117

$$

CRAMER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 250041
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
741 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

MOC065-250130-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-060525T0130Z/
DENT MO-
741 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DENT COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM
CDT...

AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO..  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF RAYMONDVILLE...OR 16 MILES
SOUTH OF SALEM...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN DENT 
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF JADWIN AND GLADDEN.

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 3751 9171 3743 9171 3742 9122 3750 9123
      3750 9132 3756 9133

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 250051
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
750 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

MOC065-250100-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-060525T0130Z/
DENT MO-
750 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DENT COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 746 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER 
POSED AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE 
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

HOWEVER...A NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ALONG THE 
DENT AND SHANNON COUNTY LINE.  HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO 
GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.

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 3751 9171 3743 9171 3742 9122 3750 9123
      3750 9132 3756 9133

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	66 min
May 24, 8:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Shannon	52 min
May 25, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	39 min
May 25, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone	46 min
May 25, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian	67 min
May 25, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	12 min
May 25, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	63 min
May 25, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	27 min
May 25, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone	76 min
May 25, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian	50 min
May 25, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	65 min
May 25, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Taney	38 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.