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Tornado Warning 92, NWS Springfield, MO

July 18, 2006Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 2006, 8:24 PM CDT for Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 66 min. 4 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
Jul 18, 2006, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2006, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Shannon County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 18, 8:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Nw Round Spring, MOTREES DOWN ALONG EE HIGHWAY GOING INTO PULLTITE CAMPGROUND NEAR HIGHWAY 19.
Jul 18, 8:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 N Round Spring, MOTREES DOWN
Jul 18, 8:45 PM CDTHAIL 0.753 N Round Spring, MO
Jul 18, 8:50 PM CDTTORNADO 05 E Round Spring, MONATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT A TORNADO RATED F0 TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROUND SPRING AND CONTINUED TO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROUND SPRING. THE LOCATION IS ALSO DESCRIBED AS FROM MAUSER MILL TO 4 MILES WEST OF MAUSER MILL ALONG

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 18, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC2 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 221 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2006-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2842 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2006-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2842 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 190125
TORSGF
MOC203-190230-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0092.060719T0124Z-060719T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
824 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 821 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MIDRIDGE...
  OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALEM...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  ROUND SPRING BY 900 PM CDT
  AKERS BY 920 PM CDT

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

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 3727 9116 3741 9119 3741 9166 3716 9161

$$

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4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 190140
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
840 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006

MOC203-190230-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-060719T0230Z/
SHANNON MO-
840 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN 
AND CENTRAL SHANNON COUNTY...

AT 838 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTH OF  
ROUND SPRING...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALEM...MOVING 
SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROUND SPRING BY 850 PM CDT
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AKERS BY 900 PM CDT

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3727 9116 3741 9127 3741 9166 3716 9164

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KSGF 190156
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
855 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006

MOC203-190230-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-060719T0230Z/
SHANNON MO-
855 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
SHANNON COUNTY...

AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF ROUND 
SPRING...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTH OF SALEM...MOVING WEST SOUTHWEST AT 
15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  AKERS BY 905 PM CDT
  6 MILES NORTH OF SUMMERSVILLE BY 930 PM CDT

SHANNON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTYS REPORT THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL AND 
TREES DOWN IN NORTHERN SHANNON COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3725 9126 3742 9135 3741 9166 3716 9166

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KSGF 190219
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
919 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006

MOC203-190230-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-060719T0230Z/
SHANNON MO-
919 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SHANNON COUNTY...

AT 916 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A VERY LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A 
TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 
FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF AKERS TO AKERS...AND WAS MOVING WEST AT 20 
MPH.

THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL NORTHWESTERN SHANNON.

THE CIRCULATION WITH THIS STORM IS WEAKENING HOWEVER DAMAGING WINDS 
IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM HAS A 
HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS NORTHERN SHANNON 
COUNTY WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES DOWN.

LAT...LON 3719 9144 3741 9146 3742 9165 3717 9165

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KSGF 190231
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
931 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006

MOC203-190241-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-060719T0230Z/
SHANNON MO-
931 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SHANNON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 930 PM CDT...

THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING FOR WESTERN SHANNON COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM.

LAT...LON 3719 9144 3741 9146 3742 9165 3717 9165

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps38 min
Jul 18, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon68 min
Jul 18, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent35 min
Jul 18, 9:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFShannon6 hr
Jul 18, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas53 min
Jul 18, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon19 min
Jul 19, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries29 min
Jul 19, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps43 min
Jul 19, 3:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFPhelps6 hr
Jul 19, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps61 min
Jul 19, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent39 min
Jul 19, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps24 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.