Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 59, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 2007, 7:33 AM CDT for Barry County, Missouri. It was in force for 57 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
- Sep 6, 2007, 7:33 AM CDT (12:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2007, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Barry County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 8:35 AM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 W Shell Knob, MO | FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED NORTHEAST OF ROARING RIVER STATE PARK...WEST OF SHELL KNOB. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 780 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KSGF 061232 TORSGF MOC009-061330- /O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0059.070906T1233Z-070906T1330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 733 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 830 AM CDT. * AT 731 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WASHBURN...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CASSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... WASHBURN AND SELIGMAN BY 745 AM CDT. EXETER BY 805 AM CDT. CASSVILLE BY 825 AM CDT. THE TOWN OF WAYNE IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS 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. LAT...LON 3662 9408 3648 9407 3651 9359 3685 9365 $$ FOSTER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 061241 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 741 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2007 MOC009-061330- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-070906T1330Z/ BARRY MO- 741 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN BARRY COUNTY... AT 736 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WASHBURN...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CASSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WASHBURN BY 750 AM CDT. EXETER BY 820 AM CDT. CASSVILLE BY 830 AM CDT. THE TOWN OF WAYNE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3662 9408 3648 9407 3651 9359 3685 9365 $$ FOSTER
000 WWUS53 KSGF 061255 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 754 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2007 MOC009-061330- /O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-070906T1330Z/ BARRY MO- 754 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN BARRY COUNTY... AT 751 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WASHBURN...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CASSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EXETER BY 800 AM CDT. CASSVILLE BY 820 AM CDT. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3662 9408 3648 9407 3651 9359 3685 9365 $$ FOSTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 5:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 5:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Greene, Webster | 53 min |
| Sep 6, 6:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 6:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede, Webster, Wright | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 65 min |
| Sep 6, 6:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Webster | 13 min |
| Sep 6, 7:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 47 min |
| Sep 6, 11:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 11:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 11:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dade | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 11:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Webster | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more | 60 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Christian | 4 hr |
| Sep 6, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 21 min |
| Sep 6, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 64 min |
| Sep 6, 6:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon | 4 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.