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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 5:15 AM CST for Christian County, Missouri. It was in force for 15 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, 5:15 AM CST (11:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 5:30 AM CST
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Christian County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 5:18 AM CST | HAIL 1 | Nixa, MO | QUARTER HAIL ALSO REPORTED IN OZARK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 1:32 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 58 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KSGF 011114 TORSGF MOC043-011145- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0013.070301T1115Z-070301T1145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 515 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 545 AM CST. * AT 511 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHLANDVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... SPARTA BY 525 AM CST. THE TOWN OF LINDEN IS 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. 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. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WALNUT SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. LAT...LON 3709 9334 3688 9334 3696 9291 3709 9291 $$ GAGAN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 011123 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 523 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 MOC043-011145- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070301T1145Z/ CHRISTIAN MO- 523 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CST FOR EASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY... AT 521 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR LINDEN...OR NEAR OZARK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL LAT...LON 3709 9334 3688 9334 3696 9291 3709 9291 $$ GAGAN
000 WWUS53 KSGF 011130 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 531 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 MOC043-011141- /O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070301T1145Z/ CHRISTIAN MO- 531 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS EXITING THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3709 9334 3688 9334 3696 9291 3709 9291 $$ GAGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 63 min |
| Mar 1, 3:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton | 30 min |
| Mar 1, 3:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Hickory | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 3:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cedar, Vernon | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 3:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 3:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 62 min |
| Mar 1, 3:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 59 min |
| Mar 1, 3:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade | 56 min |
| Mar 1, 3:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dade, Lawrence | 20 min |
| Mar 1, 4:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Polk | 59 min |
| Mar 1, 4:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton, Hickory | 55 min |
| Mar 1, 4:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 40 min |
| Mar 1, 4:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Polk | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 4:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 4:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 62 min |
| Mar 1, 4:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dallas | 39 min |
| Mar 1, 4:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Webster | 64 min |
| Mar 1, 4:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Laclede | 54 min |
| Mar 1, 4:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 5:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 5:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Webster | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 5:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Laclede, Pulaski | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 5:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 6:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Maries, Phelps | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 6:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 44 min |
| Mar 1, 6:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell | 55 min |
| Mar 1, 6:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Wright | 18 min |
| Mar 1, 6:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Oregon | 58 min |
| Mar 1, 6:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon | 54 min |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Phelps | 18 min |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Shannon | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 7:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Oregon | 52 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.