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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Springfield, MO

June 7, 2007Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 11:18 PM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 4 reports 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
Jun 7, 2007, 11:18 PM CDT (04:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2007, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:20 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 11:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGJoplin, MOTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN JOPLIN.
Jun 7, 11:30 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 602 Sw Leawood, MO60 MPH WIND GUST AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
Jun 7, 11:33 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGSaginaw, MOTREES DOWN IN THE CITY.
Jun 8, 12:05 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGJoplin, MOSEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1639 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1639 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
10.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 080418
TORSGF
KSC021-MOC097-145-080500-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0037.070608T0418Z-070608T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1118 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

* AT 1113 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY   
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BAXTER SPRINGS...MOVING EAST 
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  IRON GATES AND SHOAL CREEK DRIVE BY 1125 PM CDT.
  DUQUESNE...JOPLIN...SILVER CREEK AND LEAWOOD BY 1130 PM CDT.
  DUENWEG AND CARTERVILLE BY 1135 PM CDT.
  CARTHAGE BY 1145 PM CDT.
  7 MILES NORTH OF SARCOXIE BY 1150 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF REDINGS MILL...CLIFF VILLAGE...SHOAL CREEK ESTATES...
DENNIS ACRES...OAKLAND PARK...ATLAS...LAKESIDE...FIDELITY...REEDS AND
AVILLA ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM. THIS ALSO
INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 31.

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 3708 9479 3698 9483 3697 9458 3706 9406
      3724 9407

$$

RUNNELS
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 080432
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1128 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

KSC021-080438-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-070608T0500Z/
CHEROKEE KS-
1128 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

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

SHORTLY AFTER 11 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NORTH OF MIAMI. 
THIS TORNADIC STORM HAS MOVED THROUGH THE BAXTER SPRINGS AREA 
WITHOUT ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGE.

LAT...LON 3711 9466 3699 9473 3697 9458 3706 9406
      3724 9407

$$

MOC097-145-080500-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-070608T0500Z/
JASPER MO-NEWTON MO-
1128 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN NEWTON AND SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTIES...

AT 1125 PM CDT.....STORM SPOTTERS ARE REPORTING STRONG ROTATION 
ALONG THE MISSOURI BORDER JUST EAST OF BAXTER SPRINGS.  THIS STORM 
WILL TRACK INTO THE JOPLIN AREA BY 1140 PM.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DUQUESNE...CARTERVILLE...DUENWEG AND WEBB CITY BY 1135 PM CDT.
  CARTHAGE BY 1145 PM CDT.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 31.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ACROSS NEWTON 
COUNTY.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3711 9466 3699 9473 3697 9458 3706 9406
      3724 9407

$$

RUNNELS
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 080440
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1138 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

KSC021-080448-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-070608T0500Z/
CHEROKEE KS-
1138 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

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

LAT...LON 3713 9458 3704 9462 3697 9458 3706 9406
      3724 9407

$$

MOC097-145-080500-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-070608T0500Z/
JASPER MO-NEWTON MO-
1138 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR 
NORTHERN NEWTON AND SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTIES...

AT 1135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A 
TORNADO EAST OF JOPLIN ALONG THE JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTY 
BORDER...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH WINDS AS FAR SOUTH 
AS NEOSHO...DIAMOND...GRANDBY AND NEWTONIA IN NEWTON COUNTY.

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.

LAT...LON 3713 9458 3704 9462 3697 9458 3706 9406
      3724 9407

$$

RUNNELS
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 080450
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1146 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

MOC097-145-080500-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-070608T0500Z/
JASPER MO-NEWTON MO-
1146 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN NEWTON AND SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTIES...

AT 1140 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR FIDELTY 
INTO THE DIAMOND AREA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST JASPER 
COUNTY AND NORTHEAST NEWTON COUNTY.

ADDITIONALLY A TORNADO THREAT HAS REDEVELOPED JUST EAST OF WEBB 
SITY.  THIS TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH CARTHAGE AND 
INTO AVILLA TOWARD MIDNIGHT. 

TREES AND POWER LINES HAVE BEEN REPORTED DOWN IN JOPLIN AT 1130 PM.

LAT...LON 3711 9466 3699 9473 3697 9458 3706 9406
      3724 9407

$$
RUNNELS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton59 min
Jun 7, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Vernon59 min
Jun 7, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk53 min
Jun 7, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Dade30 min
Jun 7, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton50 min
Jun 8, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone62 min
Jun 8, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton59 min
Jun 8, 1:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry6 hr
Jun 8, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas62 min
Jun 8, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry53 min
Jun 8, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone60 min
Jun 8, 3:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFStone5 hr
Jun 8, 4:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian3 hr
Jun 7, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCrawford55 min
Jun 7, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee55 min
Jun 7, 10:18 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford42 min
Jun 7, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee34 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.