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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO

March 1, 2007Barton County, Cedar County, Dade County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 3:49 AM CST for Barton County, Cedar County, Dade County, Missouri. It was in force for 56 min. 3 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: Mar 1, 2007, 3:49 AM CST (09:49 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2007, 4:45 AM CST
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 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 1, 3:55 AM CST	HAIL 1.75	Milford, MO
Mar 1, 4:00 AM CST	HAIL 1.75	9 W Stockton, MO	DIME TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. REPORT RELAYED FROM TELEVISION STATION.
Mar 1, 4:13 AM CST	HAIL 1	Caplinger Mills, MO

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 1, 1:32 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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: 283 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 010949
TORSGF
MOC011-039-057-011045-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0004.070301T0949Z-070301T1045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
349 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHEAST BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHWEST DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 445 AM CST.

* AT 344 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STOCKTON BY 410 AM CST.

THE TOWNS OF CEDARVILLE...JERICO SPRINGS...WAGONER...CAPLINGER MILLS
AND ARNICA ARE 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 3758 9426 3743 9411 3769 9362 3783 9379

$$

FOSTER

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 011010
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
409 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

MOC011-057-011019-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T1045Z/
DADE MO-BARTON MO-
409 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BARTON AND DADE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM PRODUCING THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. 

LAT...LON 3758 9409 3768 9407 3782 9380 3782 9378
      3770 9363 3768 9365 3761 9380 3758 9383

$$

MOC039-011045-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T1045Z/
CEDAR MO-
409 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CST FOR CEDAR
COUNTY...

AT 408 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED
NEAR STOCKTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 115 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CEDAR COUNTY.

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 3758 9409 3768 9407 3782 9380 3782 9378
      3770 9363 3768 9365 3761 9380 3758 9383

$$

FOSTER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 011019
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
420 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

MOC039-011045-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T1045Z/
CEDAR MO-
420 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CST FOR CEDAR
COUNTY...

AT 418 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED
6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARNICA...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF STOCKTON...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CEDAR 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 3758 9409 3768 9407 3782 9380 3782 9378
      3770 9363 3768 9365 3761 9380 3758 9383

$$

FOSTER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 011037
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
437 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

MOC039-011047-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T1045Z/
CEDAR MO-
437 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CEDAR COUNTY EXPIRES AT 445 AM CST...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS EXITING THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3758 9409 3768 9407 3782 9380 3782 9378
      3770 9363 3768 9365 3761 9380 3758 9383

$$

FOSTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 1, 2:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	63 min
Mar 1, 3:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton	30 min
Mar 1, 3:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory	25 min
Mar 1, 3:17 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, Vernon	43 min
Mar 1, 3:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton	36 min
Mar 1, 3:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	62 min
Mar 1, 3:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	59 min
Mar 1, 3:53 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade, Lawrence	20 min
Mar 1, 4:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Polk	59 min
Mar 1, 4:05 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory	55 min
Mar 1, 4:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene	40 min
Mar 1, 4:22 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Polk	32 min
Mar 1, 4:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	36 min
Mar 1, 4:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	62 min
Mar 1, 4:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas	39 min
Mar 1, 4:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Webster	64 min
Mar 1, 4:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede	54 min
Mar 1, 4:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone	33 min
Mar 1, 5:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian	38 min
Mar 1, 5:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian	15 min
Mar 1, 5:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Webster	43 min
Mar 1, 5:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede, Pulaski	48 min
Mar 1, 5:47 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Ozark	43 min
Mar 1, 6:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	46 min
Mar 1, 6:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	44 min
Mar 1, 6:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell	55 min
Mar 1, 6:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Wright	18 min
Mar 1, 6:47 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Oregon	58 min
Mar 1, 6:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon	54 min
Mar 1, 7:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Phelps	18 min
Mar 1, 7:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Shannon	51 min
Mar 1, 7:38 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Oregon	52 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.