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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Springfield, MO

March 27, 2007Greene County, Missouri

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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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 27, 4:55 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD8 Nne Springfield, MONUMEROUS 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2007-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 2007-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.