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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Springfield, MO

June 30, 2007Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2007, 3:31 PM CDT for Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 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
Jun 30, 2007, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2007, 3:58 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stone County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 30, 2:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 25 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 374 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 302031
TORSGF
MOC209-302115-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0046.070630T2031Z-070630T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
331 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT.

* AT 331 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CRANE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  AURORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN STONE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF HURLEY.

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 3698 9361 3698 9337 3694 9343 3694 9345
      3692 9348 3688 9357 3686 9360 3686 9361

$$

CRAMER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 302058
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
358 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

MOC209-302108-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-070630T2115Z/
STONE MO-
358 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR STONE 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 3698 9361 3698 9337 3694 9343 3694 9345
      3692 9348 3688 9357 3686 9360 3686 9361

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 11:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLawrence6 hr
Jun 30, 9:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Miller, Morgan, St. Clair, Vernon6 hr
Jun 30, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk65 min
Jun 30, 1:44 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFPolk76 min
Jun 30, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene63 min
Jun 30, 2:04 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFGreene71 min
Jun 30, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFStone51 min
Jun 30, 2:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFTexas6 hr
Jun 30, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian74 min
Jun 30, 2:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLawrence6 hr
Jun 30, 2:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFTexas6 hr
Jun 30, 3:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene, Polk6 hr
Jun 30, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFPolk48 min
Jun 30, 3:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian6 hr
Jun 30, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Greene33 min
Jun 30, 3:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFShannon6 hr
Jun 30, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon58 min
Jun 30, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFPolk58 min
Jun 30, 4:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFStone6 hr
Jun 30, 4:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell, Oregon6 hr
Jun 30, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDallas64 min
Jun 30, 4:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFTaney6 hr
Jun 30, 4:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas, Webster6 hr
Jun 30, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney69 min
Jun 30, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFWebster65 min
Jun 30, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFTaney69 min
Jun 30, 5:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas6 hr
Jun 30, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFWright66 min
Jun 30, 5:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOzark6 hr
Jun 30, 6:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFWright6 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.