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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Springfield, MO

April 27, 2007Cedar County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2007, 7:18 PM CDT for Cedar County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 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 27, 2007, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2007, 7:48 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cedar County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 225 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 280018
TORSGF
MOC039-280100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0035.070428T0018Z-070428T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
718 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

* AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EL DORADO
  SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STOCKTON BY 745 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF FILLEY AND WAGONER ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC
STORM.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.

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 3789 9408 3762 9408 3758 9401 3767 9376

$$

SCHAUMANN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 280035
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
735 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007

MOC039-280100-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-070428T0100Z/
CEDAR MO-
735 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CEDAR
COUNTY...

AT 734 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
WAGONER...OR 9 MILES WEST OF STOCKTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  STOCKTON BY 745 PM CDT.

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 3782 9395 3774 9407 3766 9408 3758 9401
      3766 9375

$$

SCHAUMANN

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 280048
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
748 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007

MOC039-280058-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-070428T0100Z/
CEDAR MO-
748 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CEDAR COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3782 9395 3774 9407 3766 9408 3758 9401
      3766 9375

$$

SCHAUMANN

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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.