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Tornado Warning 125, NWS Springfield, MO

May 24, 2008Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2008, 6:10 AM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 20 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: May 24, 2008, 6:10 AM CDT (11:10 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2008, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:11 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 24, 6:25 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	1 Sw Carthage, MO	60 MPH WINDS ESTIMATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS HH AND 71

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 7, 1:52 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	146 days

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 54 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: 1581 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 6.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 241110
TORSGF
MOC097-145-241145-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0125.080524T1110Z-080524T1145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
610 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTH CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT.

* AT 607 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR JOPLIN...MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DUQUESNE AND SILVER CREEK BY 615 AM CDT.
  CARTERVILLE BY 620 AM CDT.
  DUENWEG BY 625 AM CDT.
  CARTHAGE BY 645 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF OAKLAND PARK...LAKESIDE...BROOKLYN HEIGHTS...ATLAS AND
FIDELITY ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM. THIS ALSO
INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 26.

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 3724 9413 3700 9417 3705 9459 3722 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 1110Z 275DEG 15KT 3711 9449

$$

TERRY

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 241130
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
629 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

MOC097-145-241139-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0125.000000T0000Z-080524T1145Z/
JASPER MO-NEWTON MO-
629 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL JASPER AND NORTH CENTRAL NEWTON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3724 9413 3700 9417 3705 9459 3722 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 1129Z 275DEG 15KT 3710 9439

$$

TERRY

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 24, 3:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 3:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
319 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

.DISCUSSION...

THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. INITIALLY...ANY
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE MORE MESOSCALE DRIVEN WITH
AN OVERALL LACK OF SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURES. THAT WILL CHANGE
STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE SOUTH INTO
THE REGION. AFTER A VERY WARM AND HUMID MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND...THIS FRONT WILL GIVE US A BREAK FROM THE SUMMERLIKE HEAT
AND HUMIDITY.

TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN
ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE REGION. AS WAS THE CASE ON FRIDAY...THE CAP
WILL REMAIN TOO STRONG FOR ANY TYPE OF AIRMASS THUNDERSTORMS. AS
WAS MENTIONED EARLIER...NOT SEEING ANY SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURES TO
HELP INITIATE CONVECTION EITHER. WILL LIKELY NEED A STRONG OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY OR MCV FROM CONVECTION OUT WEST TO GIVE US ANY REAL SHOT
AT STORMS. EVEN THE TIMING FOR ANY OF THESE SUCH FEATURES LOOKS
POOR AS THEY WILL LIKELY COME THROUGH DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND
MORNING HOURS. WILL THEREFORE ONLY PLACE LOW POPS OUT WEST TO
COVER ANY DECAYING MCS ACTIVITY AND COVER THE SLIM POSSIBILITY OF
SOMETHING BEING KICKED UP WITH RELATED MESOSCALE FEATURES. OF
COURSE...WE WILL BE WATCHING RADAR TRENDS CLOSELY WITH RESPECT TO
THE SQUALL LINE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS AND WILL MAKE
TWEAKS AS NEEDED. TEMPERATURES TODAY LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO THOSE OF
FRIDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY LOOKING A FEW DEGREES WARMER.

MEMORIAL DAY...THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL FLATTEN EVER SO SLIGHTLY.
THIS WILL GIVE US A SLIGHTLY BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR CONVECTION. AT
THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS LOOKS TO BE UP ACROSS
CENTRAL MISSOURI CLOSER TO SLIGHTLY BETTER DYNAMICS AND WHAT COULD
BE REMNANT MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES. BY MONDAY NIGHT...THE
AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN ITS APPROACH INTO CENTRAL
MISSOURI. MAY SEE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT OR
POSSIBLY BACK WEST ACROSS KANSAS...PUSHING INTO THE AREA
OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BE
WELL ABOVE NORMAL.

TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THAT FRONT WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE THROUGH
THE REGION. KEPT CHANCE POPS GOING INTO WEDNESDAY FOR NOW. WILL
NEED TO WATCH HEAVY RAIN THREAT AS A COUPLE OF ROUNDS OF
CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE. ONCE THE FRONT DOES CLEAR...A MUCH
COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION.

SCHAUMANN

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 06Z TAF PACKAGE...PRIMARY FORECAST ISSUE WILL BE STRATUS
DECK ACROSS THE REGION. SECONDARY CONCERNS RELATED TO STRONG LINE
OF STORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AT THIS HOUR AND ANY POSSIBLE
AFFECTS THIS MAY HAVE ON THE AERODROMES. STRATUS DECK HAS EXPANDED
OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...GENERALLY ABOVE 2KFT. CIRRUS BLOW OFF
FROM CONVECTION OVER THE HIGH PLAINS ALONG WITH A WELL MIXED
BOUNDARY LAYER WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A CONTINUED MVFR CIG
OVERNIGHT. CONVECTION OVER KS/OK IS QUITE HEALTHY AT THIS TIME.
ASSUMING A SLIGHT ACCELERATION TO THIS LINE...AND ASSUMING THE
LINE CAN HOLD TOGETHER...IT WOULD APPROACH THE JLN AERODROME AFTER
10Z. MOST LIKELY SCENARIO IS A WEAKENING TREND WITH A FEW TS
POSSIBLE TOWARD SUNRISE BEFORE DISSIPATION...VCTS HAS BEEN
INCLUDED FOR THIS SCENARIO. NIGHT SHIFT WILL HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE
EYE ON THIS LINE AND ANY FLUCTUATIONS IN THE STRATUS DECK. SCT TO
BKN STRATO CU DECK EXPECTED ON SATURDAY WITH LITTLE IF ANY
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT GIVEN WARM TEMPS ALOFT. SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL
CONTINUE AT THE SFC.

GAGAN

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 5:42 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
542 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-251200-
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
542 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL WEAKEN AS IT PUSHES THROUGH
  EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THROUGH 8 AM.
  WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
  STORMS WEST OF AN OSCEOLA TO JOPLIN LINE.

  OTHER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG AND WEST OF A FORT LEONARD WOOD TO
  BRANSON LINE. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...
  FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

  A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
  MEMORIAL DAY. A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THEN EXISTS
  FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS A COLD
  FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE
  STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY
  RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGH 8 AM WEST
  OF AN OSCEOLA TO JOPLIN LINE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY THEN
  BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WEST OF A FORT
  LEONARD WOOD TO BRANSON LINE.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)

SCHAUMANN

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 5:56 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
556 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0533 AM     TSTM WND GST     9 ENE COLUMBUS          37.22N  94.69W
05/24/2008  E50 MPH          CHEROKEE           KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            50 MPH WIND GUST. PEA SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED IN
            CHEROKEE COUNTY

&&

BARJENBRUCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 4:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	31 min
May 24, 5:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, St. Clair, Vernon	45 min
May 24, 6:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Newton	60 min
May 24, 6:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Dade, Greene, Lawrence, Polk, Stone	38 min
May 24, 7:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Douglas, Greene, Stone, Taney and 1 more	49 min

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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.