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Tornado Warning 121, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2008, 7:08 PM CDT for Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 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 10, 2008, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Taney County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:25 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 N Branson, MO | REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR HIGHWAY 65 AND HIGHWAY 160 |
| May 10, 7:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 0 | Forsyth, MO | 80 MPH WIND REPORT |
| May 10, 7:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | Forsyth, M | 80 MPH WIND REPORT |
| May 10, 7:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | Forsyth, MO | 80 MPH WIND REPORT |
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 10, 11:29 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 10, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1049 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KSGF 110008
TORSGF
MOC213-110100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0121.080511T0008Z-080511T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
708 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR WEST BRANSON...OR NEAR KIMBERLING CITY...MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HOLLISTER...BRANSON...6 MILES SOUTH OF FORSYTH AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF
ROCKAWAY BEACH BY 715 PM CDT.
THE TOWNS OF KIRBYVILLE...EDGEWATER BEACH...OZARK BEACH...POWERSITE
AND PROTEM ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND 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 3681 9332 3680 9278 3650 9278 3649 9280
3649 9332
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 292DEG 43KT 3666 9334
$$
ANGLE3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KSGF 110034
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
731 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
MOC213-110100-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0121.000000T0000Z-080511T0100Z/
TANEY MO-
731 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR TANEY
COUNTY...
AT 729 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR BRANSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 48 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF TANEY COUNTY...
INCLUDING THE TOWN OF PROTEM.
A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF HIGHWAYS 60 AND 160
JUST NORTH OF BRANSON AT 725 PM AND 80 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN
THE FORSYTH AREA AROUND 720 PM.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3681 9332 3680 9278 3650 9278 3649 9280
3649 9332
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 298DEG 42KT 3665 9316
$$000
WWUS53 KSGF 110038
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
738 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
MOC213-110100-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0121.000000T0000Z-080511T0100Z/
TANEY MO-
738 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR TANEY
COUNTY...
AT 734 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR POWERSITE...OR NEAR FORSYTH...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 48 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF TANEY COUNTY...
INCLUDING THE TOWN OF PROTEM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3681 9332 3680 9278 3650 9278 3649 9280
3649 9332
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 298DEG 42KT 3661 9307
$$
GAEDE000
WWUS53 KSGF 110102
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
759 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
MOC213-110109-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0121.000000T0000Z-080511T0100Z/
TANEY MO-
759 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TANEY COUNTY EXPIRED AT 800 PM CDT...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS REPLACED THE TORNADO WARNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TANEY COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WINDS TO 60 MPH CAN STILL
BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEASTERN TANEY COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3681 9332 3680 9278 3650 9278 3649 9280
3649 9332
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 298DEG 42KT 3649 9280
$$
SCHAUMANNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 16 min |
| May 10, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Webster | 41 min |
| May 10, 7:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney, Wright | 3 hr |
| May 10, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Texas, Wright | 50 min |
| May 10, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark, Taney | 46 min |
| May 10, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 24 min |
| May 10, 8:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Shannon | 5 hr |
| May 11, 10:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar | 23 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.