Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 48, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2007, 4:02 PM CDT for Polk County, Missouri. It was in force for 58 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
- Jun 30, 2007, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2007, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 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), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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. |
| Jun 30, 4:11 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 N Pleasant Hope, MO | TWO WALL CLOUDS REPORTED. ONE TO THE NORTH AND ONE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF TOWN. |
| Jun 30, 4:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 S Pleasant Hope, MO | ON THE GROUND WITH DEBRIS AT H HWY AND 215 |
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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 302102 TORSGF MOC167-302200- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0048.070630T2102Z-070630T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 402 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT. * AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. SPOTTERS CONFIRM STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STOFM JUST SOUTH OF PLEASANT HOPE...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOLIVAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN POLK 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. 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 3743 9335 3742 9318 3762 9319 $$ RUNNELS
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 302121 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 420 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 MOC167-302200- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-070630T2200Z/ POLK MO- 420 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY... AT 414 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER PLEASANT HOPE...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOLIVAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SPOTTERS CONFIRM A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST SOUTH OF PLEASANT HOPE. RESIDENTS IN AND EAST OF PLEASANT HOPE SHOULD REMAIN IN SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3743 9335 3742 9318 3762 9319 $$ RUNNELS
000 WWUS53 KSGF 302147 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 446 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 MOC167-302200- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-070630T2200Z/ POLK MO- 446 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY... AT 443 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORT A TORNADO ON THE GROUND AND DEBRIS SOUTH OF PLEASANT HOPE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF H HIGHWAY AND 215. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY. A TORNADO WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY. LAT...LON 3743 9335 3742 9318 3762 9319 $$ RUNNELS
000 WWUS53 KSGF 302159 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 456 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 MOC167-302206- /O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-070630T2200Z/ POLK MO- 456 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 500 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS EXITING THE WARNED AREA AND MOVING INTO DALLAS COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3743 9335 3742 9318 3762 9319 $$ CRAMER
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, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Polk | 48 min |
| 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, 4:03 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.