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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Springfield, MO

June 30, 2007Wright County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2007, 5:54 PM CDT for Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 66 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, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 302254
TORSGF
MOC229-010000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0052.070630T2254Z-070701T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

* AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SEYMOUR...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF
  AVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANSFIELD BY 605 PM CDT.
  HARTVILLE BY 615 PM CDT.

ANOTHER STORM WILL ENTER WRIGHT COUNTY FOUR MILES NORTH OF DUNCAN.  
THIS STORM HAS ALSO HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

THE TOWNS OF ODIN...DAWSON...MANES AND GRAFF ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF
THIS TORNADIC STORM.

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 3708 9268 3747 9269 3747 9227 3726 9227
      3725 9226 3714 9226 3713 9227 3706 9227

$$

CRAMER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 302336
SVSSGF

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

MOC229-010000-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-070701T0000Z/
WRIGHT MO-
634 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR WRIGHT
COUNTY...

AT 631 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST 
NORTH OF HARTVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH AND EAST TOWARD 
DAWSON AND MOUNTAIN GROVE.  

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

LAT...LON 3708 9268 3747 9269 3747 9227 3726 9227
      3725 9226 3714 9226 3713 9227 3706 9227

$$

RUNNELS
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 302354
SVSSGF

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

MOC229-010004-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-070701T0000Z/
WRIGHT MO-
654 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WRIGHT COUNTY EXPIRES AT 700 PM CDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT 
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING IS ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE AT 700 PM.

LAT...LON 3708 9268 3747 9269 3747 9227 3726 9227
      3725 9226 3714 9226 3713 9227 3706 9227

$$

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, 3:31 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, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFWebster65 min
Jun 30, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFTaney69 min
Jun 30, 5:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas6 hr
Jun 30, 5:59 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.