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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Springfield, MO

March 1, 2007Dallas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 4:35 AM CST for Dallas County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 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
Mar 1, 2007, 4:35 AM CST (10:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2007, 5:14 AM CST
In force
39 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), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:37 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
Mar 1, 4:39 AM CSTHAIL 1Buffalo, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 1, 1:32 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2007-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 283 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 2007-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
283 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 011035
TORSGF
MOC059-011130-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0010.070301T1035Z-070301T1130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
435 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 AM CST.

* AT 432 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF PLEASANT HOPE...OR 10
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOLIVAR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BUFFALO BY 440 AM CST.

THE TOWNS OF PLAD AND WINDYVILLE ARE 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.

LAT...LON 3769 9318 3748 9319 3760 9286 3783 9286

$$

FOSTER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 011114
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
513 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

MOC059-011123-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070301T1130Z/
DALLAS MO-
513 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM
WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS EXITING THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3769 9318 3748 9319 3760 9286 3783 9286

$$

LINDENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 2:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper63 min
Mar 1, 3:04 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarton30 min
Mar 1, 3:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Hickory25 min
Mar 1, 3:17 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFCedar, Vernon43 min
Mar 1, 3:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton36 min
Mar 1, 3:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence62 min
Mar 1, 3:46 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFSt. Clair59 min
Mar 1, 3:49 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade56 min
Mar 1, 3:53 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFDade, Lawrence20 min
Mar 1, 4:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Polk59 min
Mar 1, 4:05 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFBenton, Hickory55 min
Mar 1, 4:20 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Greene40 min
Mar 1, 4:22 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFPolk32 min
Mar 1, 4:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry36 min
Mar 1, 4:28 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFStone, Taney62 min
Mar 1, 4:41 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFWebster64 min
Mar 1, 4:51 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFLaclede54 min
Mar 1, 4:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone33 min
Mar 1, 5:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian38 min
Mar 1, 5:15 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFChristian15 min
Mar 1, 5:32 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFWebster43 min
Mar 1, 5:42 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFLaclede, Pulaski48 min
Mar 1, 5:47 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFOzark43 min
Mar 1, 6:14 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFMaries, Phelps46 min
Mar 1, 6:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright44 min
Mar 1, 6:20 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFHowell55 min
Mar 1, 6:27 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFWright18 min
Mar 1, 6:47 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFOregon58 min
Mar 1, 6:51 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFHowell, Oregon54 min
Mar 1, 7:00 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFPhelps18 min
Mar 1, 7:00 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFShannon51 min
Mar 1, 7:38 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFOregon52 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.