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Tornado Warning 96, NWS Springfield, MO

September 22, 2006Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 22, 2006, 1:20 PM CDT for Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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: Sep 22, 2006, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired: Sep 22, 2006, 1:55 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pulaski County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 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
Sep 22, 1:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Dixon, 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
Sep 22, 12:06 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 221820
TORSGF
MOC169-221915-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0096.060922T1820Z-060922T1915Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
  OZARK SPRINGS...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEBANON...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  OZARK SPRINGS BY 130 PM CDT
  SWEDEBORG BY 135 PM CDT
  CROCKER BY 140 PM CDT
  DIXON BY 155 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. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900
PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3802 9240 3780 9240 3787 9204 3801 9203

$$

CRAMER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 221840
SVSSGF

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

MOC169-221915-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0096.000000T0000Z-060922T1915Z/
PULASKI MO-
140 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
PULASKI COUNTY...

AT 136 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CROCKER...OR ABOUT
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYNESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DIXON BY 150 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. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900
PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3800 9239 3788 9240 3789 9204 3801 9203

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 221855
SVSSGF

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

MOC169-221905-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0096.000000T0000Z-060922T1915Z/
PULASKI MO-
155 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY...
IS CANCELLED...

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE 
AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED.

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 3800 9239 3788 9240 3789 9204 3801 9203

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 22, 12:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas	41 min
Sep 22, 12:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede	49 min
Sep 22, 12:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden	41 min
Sep 22, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	69 min
Sep 22, 1:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Shannon, Texas	50 min
Sep 22, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	67 min
Sep 22, 1:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	50 min
Sep 22, 1:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent	54 min
Sep 22, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	57 min
Sep 22, 4:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent	34 min
Sep 22, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Taney	63 min
Sep 22, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	37 min
Sep 22, 4:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark	30 min
Sep 22, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	61 min
Sep 22, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell	37 min
Sep 22, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps	39 min
Sep 22, 5:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Shannon	23 min
Sep 22, 6:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Oregon	25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.