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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2007, 4:51 PM CDT for Greene County, Missouri. It was in force for 20 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 27, 2007, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2007, 5:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Greene County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:55 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 8 Nne Springfield, MO | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUD EXTENDING NEARLY HALF WAY TO THE GROUND BETWEEN FAIR GROVE AND SPRINGFIELD. REPORTS FROM OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEES AND TRAINED SPOTTERS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1235 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KSGF 272152 TORSGF MOC077-272215- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0026.070327T2151Z-070327T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 451 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEAST GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 515 PM CDT. * AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STRAFFORD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... FAIR GROVE BY 500 PM CDT. THIS TORNADO WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD. IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHEAST GREENE COUNTY INCLUDING THE FAIR GROVE AREA SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM IMMEDIATELY LAT...LON 3729 9324 3728 9315 3740 9309 3741 9324 $$ IZZI
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 272203 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 503 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007 MOC077-272215- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070327T2215Z/ GREENE MO- 503 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY... AT 457 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR FAIR GROVE...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF STRAFFORD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3734 9321 3733 9316 3741 9310 3741 9321 $$ IZZI
000 WWUS53 KSGF 272211 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 510 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007 MOC077-272220- /O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070327T2215Z/ GREENE MO- 510 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE CIRCULATION HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE TORNADO THREAT. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THAT THE REPORT BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3734 9321 3733 9316 3741 9310 3741 9321 $$ IZZI
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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.