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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Springfield, MO

June 30, 2007Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2007, 5:10 PM CDT for Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 65 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, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Webster County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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 30, 5:25 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 N Marshfield, MOAT W HWY
Jun 30, 5:40 PM CDTTORNADOSe Marshfield, MOPOSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR PLAYSCHOOL RD
Jun 30, 5:48 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD4 E Marshfield, MONEAR HWY MARKER 104 ON I44

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 30, 2:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 302210
TORSGF
MOC225-302315-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0050.070630T2210Z-070630T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

* AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF MARSHFIELD...MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARSHFIELD BY 525 PM CDT.
  NIANGUA BY 540 PM CDT.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 92 AND 109.

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 3727 9274 3727 9289 3728 9290 3728 9307
      3749 9306 3747 9271 3727 9271 3726 9269
      3726 9272

$$

CRAMER
6 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 302217
SVSSGF

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

MOC225-302315-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-070630T2315Z/
WEBSTER MO-
516 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR WEBSTER 
COUNTY...

AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
WEST OF MARSHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

ANOTHER STORM WAS ENTERING SOUTHWEST WEBSTER COUNTY NEAR 
ROGERSVILLE.  A FEW FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH 
THIS STORM.  AREA RESIDENTS EAST OF ROGERSVILLE SHOULD CONSIDER 
TAKING COVER.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MARSHFIELD BY 530 PM CDT.
  NIANGUA BY 545 PM CDT.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 109.

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 3727 9274 3727 9289 3728 9290 3728 9307
      3749 9306 3747 9271 3727 9271 3726 9269
      3726 9272

$$

CRAMER
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 302228
SVSSGF

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

MOC225-302315-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-070630T2315Z/
WEBSTER MO-
528 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR WEBSTER 
COUNTY...

AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
MARSHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NIANGUA BY 545 PM CDT.

A WEATHER SPOTTER OBSERVED A FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH OF MARSHFIELD.

THE TOWN OF RADER IS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. THIS ALSO INCLUDES
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 109.

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 3727 9274 3727 9289 3728 9290 3728 9307
      3749 9306 3747 9271 3727 9271 3726 9269
      3726 9272

$$

CRAMER
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 302239
SVSSGF

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

MOC213-302330-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-070630T2330Z/
TANEY MO-
540 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR TANEY 
COUNTY...

AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
BRADLEYVILLE...OR 13 MILES EAST OF FORSYTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN TANEY
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF BROWNBRANCH.

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 3662 9288 3668 9302 3680 9300 3680 9279
      3680 9279 3664 9279 3663 9286

$$

CRAMER
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 302255
SVSSGF

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

MOC225-302315-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-070630T2315Z/
WEBSTER MO-
552 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
WEBSTER COUNTY...

AT 547 PM CDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED ALONG I 44 NEAR EAST OF 
MARSHFIELD. IN ADDITION...A WALL CLOUD WAS REPORTED WITH A SECOND 
STORM NEAR SEYMOUR.  BOTH STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH. 
 
RESIDENTS EAST OF MARSHFIELD INTO THE NIANGUA AND RADAR AREAS...AND 
FROM SEYMOUR EASTWARD ALONG HIGHWAY 60 SHOULD SEEK SHELTER 
IMMEDIATELY.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

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 3727 9274 3727 9289 3728 9290 3728 9307
      3749 9306 3747 9271 3727 9271 3726 9269
      3726 9272

$$

RUNNELS
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 302309
SVSSGF

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

MOC225-302315-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-070630T2315Z/
WEBSTER MO-
607 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
WEBSTER COUNTY...

AT 602 PM CDT...SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO REPORT STRONG ROTATION WITH A 
STORM OVER NIANGUA...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARSHFIELD. THIS STORM 
WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN WEBSTER
COUNTY. THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND
109.

A SECOND SEVERE STORM OVER SOUTHEAST WEBSTER COUNTY WILL LIKELY 
PRODUCE WINDS TO 70 MPH AS IT TRACKS ALONG HIGHWAY 60 INTO SOUTHERN 
WRIGHT COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3727 9274 3727 9289 3728 9290 3728 9307
      3749 9306 3747 9271 3727 9271 3726 9269
      3726 9272

$$
RUNNELS
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 302318
SVSSGF

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

MOC225-302328-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-070630T2315Z/
WEBSTER MO-
618 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615 PM
CDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT 
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AS IT MOVED EAST OF NIANGUA...THUS 
THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

THE SECOND SEVERE STORM OVER SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY HAD ALSO MOVED 
EAST INTO WRIGHT COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3727 9274 3727 9289 3728 9290 3728 9307
      3749 9306 3747 9271 3727 9271 3726 9269
      3726 9272

$$

RUNNELS

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, 3:31 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFStone27 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, 5:21 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.