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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2007, 5:07 PM CDT for Cedar County, St. Clair County, Missouri. It was in force for 20 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2007, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2007, 5:27 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cedar County, MO, St. Clair County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1406 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 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 252207 TORSGF MOC039-185-252245- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0032.070425T2207Z-070425T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 507 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... EXTREME NORTHERN CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT. * AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... OSCEOLA BY 520 PM CDT. LOWRY CITY BY 530 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF ROSCOE...MONEGAW SPRINGS AND VISTA 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 3784 9400 3776 9380 3827 9344 3837 9370 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 252221 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 520 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 MOC039-252230- /O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-070425T2245Z/ CEDAR MO- 520 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CEDAR COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3792 9405 3787 9378 3816 9356 3821 9399 $$ MOC185-252245- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-070425T2245Z/ ST. CLAIR MO- 520 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY... AT 516 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TIFFIN...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF EL DORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES WEST OF OSCEOLA BY 530 PM CDT. LOWRY CITY BY 540 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF MONEGAW SPRINGS AND JOHNSON CITY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. 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. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3792 9405 3787 9378 3816 9356 3821 9399 $$ WISE
000 WWUS53 KSGF 252227 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 527 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 MOC185-252237- /O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-070425T2245Z/ ST. CLAIR MO- 527 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY IS CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3792 9405 3787 9378 3816 9356 3821 9399 $$ WISE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Hickory, Polk | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Polk | 62 min |
| Apr 24, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Hickory | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 8:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Polk | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 68 min |
| Apr 24, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster, Wright | 64 min |
| Apr 24, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Laclede, Pulaski | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 12 min |
| Apr 25, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 6:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Hickory, St. Clair | 6 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.