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Tornado Warning 93, NWS Springfield, MO

September 22, 2006Dallas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 22, 2006, 12:34 PM CDT for Dallas 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
Sep 22, 2006, 12:34 PM CDT (17:34 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2006, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dallas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 22, 12:06 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 12:00Z on 2006-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 409 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 12:00Z on 2006-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 311 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
363 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
8.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 221734
TORSGF
MOC059-221815-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0093.060922T1734Z-060922T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1234 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1232 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  LOUISBURG...OR NEAR BUFFALO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  PUMPKIN CENTER BY 1240 PM CDT
  PLAD AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINDYVILLE BY 1245 PM CDT
  LEADMINE AND TUNAS BY 1250 PM CDT

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3774 9318 3766 9316 3771 9287 3789 9286
      3790 9306

$$

CRAMER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 221743
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1243 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

MOC059-221815-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0093.000000T0000Z-060922T1815Z/
DALLAS MO-
1243 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR
DALLAS COUNTY...

AT 1241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PLAD...OR ABOUT 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF BUFFALO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LEADMINE BY 1250 PM CDT

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3776 9311 3771 9311 3772 9287 3789 9286
      3789 9299

$$

CRAMER
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 221816
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
116 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

MOC059-221826-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0093.000000T0000Z-060922T1815Z/
DALLAS MO-
116 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DALLAS COUNTY...
EXPIRED AT 115 PM CDT...

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE 
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900
PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3776 9311 3771 9311 3772 9287 3789 9286
      3789 9299

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 12:46 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFLaclede49 min
Sep 22, 12:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden41 min
Sep 22, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas69 min
Sep 22, 1:20 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFPulaski35 min
Sep 22, 1:33 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFShannon, Texas50 min
Sep 22, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent67 min
Sep 22, 1:42 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMaries, Phelps50 min
Sep 22, 1:51 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDent54 min
Sep 22, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent57 min
Sep 22, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDent34 min
Sep 22, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Taney63 min
Sep 22, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright37 min
Sep 22, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark30 min
Sep 22, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell61 min
Sep 22, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFHowell37 min
Sep 22, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps39 min
Sep 22, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFShannon23 min
Sep 22, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFOregon25 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.