Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 45, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2007, 3:12 PM CDT for Polk County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 30, 2007, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2007, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Polk County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 4:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pleasant Hope, MO | TREES DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KSGF 302015 TORSGF MOC167-302100- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0045.070630T2012Z-070630T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 312 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT. * AT 311 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE GREENE AND POLK COUNTY BORDER 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORRISVILLE...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF BOLIVAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... PLEASANT HOPE BY 325 PM CDT. IN ADDITION TO NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT THIS STORM DOWNED LARGE LIMBS AND FLATTENED CORN ALONG HIGHWAY AC AT CAVE SPRING. RESIDENTS OF PLEASANT HOPE AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN SOUTHEAST POLK COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 3742 9344 3742 9318 3764 9317 $$ RUNNELS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 302029 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 328 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 MOC167-302100- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-070630T2100Z/ POLK MO- 328 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY... AT 326 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR THE POLK AND GREENE COUNTY BORDER SOUTHEAST OF PLEASANT HOPE...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF BOLIVAR MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PLEASANT HOPE BY 340 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. LAT...LON 3742 9344 3742 9318 3764 9317 $$ RUNNELS
000 WWUS53 KSGF 302038 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 337 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 MOC167-302100- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-070630T2100Z/ POLK MO- 337 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY... AT 335 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS CONFIRM A FUNNEL CLOUD SOUTH OF BRIGHTON NEAR THE GREENE AND POLK COUNTY BORDER...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLEASANT HOPE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PLEASANT HOPE BY 345 PM CDT. 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 3742 9344 3742 9318 3764 9317 $$ RUNNELS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 11:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 9:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Miller, Morgan, St. Clair, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 65 min |
| Jun 30, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Polk | 76 min |
| Jun 30, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 63 min |
| Jun 30, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Greene | 71 min |
| Jun 30, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone | 51 min |
| Jun 30, 2:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Texas | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian | 74 min |
| Jun 30, 2:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Texas | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene, Polk | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 3:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 3:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 58 min |
| Jun 30, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Polk | 58 min |
| Jun 30, 4:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Stone | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dallas | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 4:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Taney | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas, Webster | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 69 min |
| Jun 30, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Webster | 65 min |
| Jun 30, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Taney | 69 min |
| Jun 30, 5:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Wright | 66 min |
| Jun 30, 5:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Ozark | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Wright | 6 hr |
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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.