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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Springfield, MO

March 30, 2007Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2007, 6:46 PM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 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 30, 2007, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2007, 7:11 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 30, 7:15 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	6 W El Dorado Springs, MO

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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 108 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: 124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 939 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 302346
TORSGF
MOC217-310045-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0027.070330T2346Z-070331T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
646 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT.

* AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EL DORADO
  SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WALKER BY 735 PM CDT.
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCHELL CITY BY 745 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF HARWOOD IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

LAT...LON 3771 9419 3770 9408 3804 9406 3797 9436

$$

RUNNELS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 310003
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
703 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

MOC217-310045-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070331T0045Z/
VERNON MO-
703 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
VERNON COUNTY...

AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG 
THE VERNON AND CEDAR COUNTY BORDER 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EL DORADO 
SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS ALONG THE VERNON AND 
CEDAR COUNTY LINE. 

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.

LAT...LON 3771 9419 3770 9408 3804 9406 3797 9436

$$

RUNNELS

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 310011
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
711 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

MOC217-310021-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070331T0045Z/
VERNON MO-
711 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN VERNON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT 
PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD MOVED TO THE WEST OF ELDORADO 
SPRINGS.  

A NEW TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN ST CLAIR COUNTY.

RESIDENTS FROM ELDORADO SPRINGS NORTHWARD INTO WESTERN ST CLAIR 
COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 

LAT...LON 3771 9419 3770 9408 3804 9406 3797 9436

$$

RUNNELS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 6:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	SGF	Barry, Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence and 4 more	22 hr
Mar 30, 2:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Laclede, Webster, Wright	6 hr
Mar 30, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede, Pulaski	54 min
Mar 30, 3:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	5 hr
Mar 30, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	39 min
Mar 30, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	58 min
Mar 30, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps	65 min
Mar 30, 3:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	6 hr
Mar 30, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	28 min
Mar 30, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries	37 min
Mar 30, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps	33 min
Mar 30, 5:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent	5 hr
Mar 30, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	20 min
Mar 30, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton	29 min
Mar 30, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	66 min
Mar 30, 6:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	6 hr
Mar 30, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar	24 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.