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Tornado Warning 112, NWS Springfield, MO

May 2, 2008Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2008, 7:01 AM CDT for Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min. 4 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: May 2, 2008, 7:01 AM CDT (12:01 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2008, 7:45 AM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Oregon County, MO, Shannon County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:03 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 2, 7:15 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	20 Nw Eminence, MO	SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN AROUND THE SHANNONDALE AREA. WINDS WERE ESTMATED TO BE BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH. CORRECTED TIME
May 2, 7:25 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sw Eminence, MO	TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY E.
May 2, 7:32 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Eminence, MO	TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 19.
May 2, 7:42 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Myrtle, MO	TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 142.

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
May 2, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 232 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -385 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 449 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 489 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 021202
TORSGF
MOC149-203-021245-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0112.080502T1201Z-080502T1245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
701 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT.

* AT 654 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
A BAND OF STORMS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD 80 MPH WINDS AND BRIEF 
TORNADOES WITH EVEN STRONGER WINDS. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST 
OF HOUSTON THROUGH WEST PLAINS TO SOUTH FORK...AND WERE MOVING EAST 
AT 68 MPH.

* THESE TORNADIC STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WINONA...THAYER...EMINENCE AND ALTON THROUGH 745 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF THOMASVILLE...ROUND SPRING...KOSHKONONG...ALLEY
SPRING...WEST EMINENCE...GREER...MIDRIDGE...COUCH...WILDERNESS AND
MYRTLE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE TORNADIC STORMS.

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 3709 9103 3708 9122 3683 9122 3682 9111
      3649 9113 3649 9169 3742 9165 3742 9118
      3726 9116 3725 9112 3721 9113 3721 9110
      3714 9102
TIME...MOT...LOC 1201Z 270DEG 59KT 3737 9163 3690 9160
          3646 9186

$$

RUNNELS

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 021248
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
748 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

MOC149-203-021258-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0112.000000T0000Z-080502T1245Z/
SHANNON MO-OREGON MO-
748 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OREGON AND SHANNON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 745
AM CDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS EXITING THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3709 9103 3708 9122 3683 9122 3682 9111
      3649 9113 3649 9169 3742 9165 3742 9118
      3726 9116 3725 9112 3721 9113 3721 9110
      3714 9102
TIME...MOT...LOC 1201Z 270DEG 59KT 3682 9160 3635 9162
          3593 9192

$$

DSA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 3:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Newton, Vernon	61 min
May 2, 3:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	55 min
May 2, 3:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade	62 min
May 2, 4:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	60 min
May 2, 4:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton	60 min
May 2, 4:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry	35 min
May 2, 4:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene, Polk	61 min
May 2, 4:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene	56 min
May 2, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Miller, Morgan	60 min
May 2, 5:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	24 min
May 2, 5:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	51 min
May 2, 5:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian	26 min
May 2, 5:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Polk, Webster	67 min
May 2, 5:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark, Taney	64 min
May 2, 5:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Webster	28 min
May 2, 6:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark, Texas, Webster, Wright	39 min
May 2, 6:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Texas, Wright	27 min
May 2, 6:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell, Ozark, Texas	40 min
May 2, 6:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon, Texas	66 min
May 2, 7:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	27 min
May 2, 7:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	32 min
May 2, 8:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	34 min
May 2, 8:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Oregon	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.