Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2007, 7:08 PM CDT for St. Clair County, Missouri. It was in force for 63 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, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2007, 8:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County St. Clair County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 7:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Taberville, MO | VERY STRONG WINDS WERE ALSO REPORTED. |
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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1402 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 310008 TORSGF MOC185-310115- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0029.070331T0008Z-070331T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 708 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT. * AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EL DORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES EAST OF APPLETON CITY BY 755 PM CDT. STORM SPOTTERS IN ELDORADO SPRINGS ARE REPORTING ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. THE TOWNS OF TIFFIN...TABERVILLE AND JOHNSON CITY 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. 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 3790 9409 3790 9393 3820 9378 3821 9405 $$ RUNNELS
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 310026 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 725 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 MOC185-310115- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070331T0115Z/ ST. CLAIR MO- 725 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR WESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY... AT 724 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR TIFFIN...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF EL DORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE BETWEEN JOHNSON CITY AND LOWRY CITY BY 815 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF TIFFIN...TABERVILLE...MONEGAW SPRINGS AND JOHNSON CITY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS POTENTIAL TORNADO. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3790 9409 3790 9393 3816 9366 3821 9405 $$ RUNNELS
000 WWUS53 KSGF 310045 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 745 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 MOC185-310115- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070331T0115Z/ ST. CLAIR MO- 745 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR WESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY... AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR TABERVILLE...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF EL DORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 9 MILES EAST OF APPLETON CITY BY 800 PM CDT. 8 MILES WEST OF LOWRY CITY BY 805 PM CDT. THE TOWN OF JOHNSON CITY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3790 9409 3790 9393 3820 9365 3821 9405 $$ RUNNELS
000 WWUS53 KSGF 310100 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 759 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 MOC185-310115- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070331T0115Z/ ST. CLAIR MO- 759 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY... AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR JOHNSON CITY...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF OSCEOLA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. WHILE THE STORM HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF WEAKENING...THERE REMAINS A THREAT OF A TORNADO IN THE JOHNSON CITY AND OHIO AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL IN THE APPLETON CITY AREA AS WELL. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3802 9406 3802 9391 3821 9376 3821 9405 $$ RUNNELS
000 WWUS53 KSGF 310111 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 808 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 MOC185-310118- /O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070331T0115Z/ ST. CLAIR MO- 808 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 750 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND VERY STRONG WINDS IN TABERVILLE. SINCE THEN THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED AS IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE TORNADIC AS IT MOVES TO ALONG THE ST CLAIR AND HENRY COUNTY LINE EAST OF APPLETON CITY THROUGH 820 PM. THERE REMAINS A CHANCE FOR HAIL AS IT MOVES INTO HENRY COUNTY. LAT...LON 3802 9406 3802 9391 3821 9376 3821 9405 $$ RUNNELS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone | 29 min |
Nearby
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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.