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Tornado Warning 137, NWS Springfield, MO

June 3, 2008Camden County, Morgan County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2008, 11:50 PM CDT for Camden County, Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 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
Jun 3, 2008, 11:50 PM CDT (04:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2008, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Camden County, MO, Morgan County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:54 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 12:35 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nw Laurie, MOTREES DOWN ALONG RA HIGHWAY.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1095 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2008-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1095 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
311 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 040450
TORSGF
MOC029-141-040530-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0137.080604T0450Z-080604T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1150 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT.

* AT 1149 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF COLE CAMP...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  WARSAW...MOVING EAST AT 43 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES SOUTH OF STOVER BY MIDNIGHT CDT.
  7 MILES SOUTH OF VERSAILLES AND 9 MILES NORTH OF LAURIE BY 1215 AM
  CDT.

THE TOWNS OF GRAVOIS MILLS...ROCKY MOUNT AND BARNETT 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.

TAKE COVER NOW. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF AVAILABLE...MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE
WALLS.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

LAT...LON 3843 9262 3835 9264 3834 9270 3822 9270
      3820 9264 3817 9264 3817 9261 3811 9259
      3818 9308 3839 9308 3846 9307 3852 9273
TIME...MOT...LOC 0450Z 269DEG 37KT 3833 9314

$$

SCHAUMANN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 040458
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1158 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

MOC029-141-040530-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0137.000000T0000Z-080604T0530Z/
CAMDEN MO-MORGAN MO-
1158 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR MORGAN
AND NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTIES...

AT 1154 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STOVER...OR 16 MILES WEST OF
VERSAILLES...MOVING EAST AT 43 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF STOVER BY 1205 AM CDT.
  6 MILES SOUTH OF VERSAILLES BY 1215 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF GRAVOIS MILLS...ROCKY MOUNT AND BARNETT ARE IN THE PATH 
OF THIS TORNADO. THIS ALSO INCLUDES LAKE OF THE OZARKS NORTH OF 
HURRICANE DECK.

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.

TAKE COVER NOW. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF AVAILABLE...MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE
WALLS.

LAT...LON 3843 9262 3835 9264 3834 9270 3822 9270
      3820 9264 3817 9264 3817 9261 3811 9259
      3818 9308 3839 9308 3846 9307 3852 9273
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 269DEG 37KT 3835 9306

$$

SCHAUMANN
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 040508
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1208 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

MOC029-141-040530-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0137.000000T0000Z-080604T0530Z/
CAMDEN MO-MORGAN MO-
1208 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR MORGAN
AND NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTIES...

AT 1203 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR STOVER...OR 10 MILES WEST OF VERSAILLES...
MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  VERSAILLES BY 1220 AM CDT.

THE TOWN OF BARNETT IS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

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.

TAKE COVER NOW. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF AVAILABLE...MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE
WALLS.

LAT...LON 3843 9262 3835 9264 3834 9270 3822 9270
      3820 9264 3817 9264 3817 9261 3811 9259
      3818 9308 3839 9308 3846 9307 3852 9273
TIME...MOT...LOC 0508Z 255DEG 32KT 3841 9296

$$

SCHAUMANN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 9:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFVernon16 days
Jun 3, 10:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Morgan6 hr
Jun 3, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, Newton, Vernon58 min
Jun 3, 11:14 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, Vernon46 min
Jun 3, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Morgan62 min
Jun 3, 11:31 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBenton44 min
Jun 3, 11:35 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton and 1 more40 min
Jun 3, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, St. Clair, Vernon35 min
Jun 3, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair46 min
Jun 4, 12:02 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFCedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Hickory and 2 more58 min
Jun 4, 12:13 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden, Miller47 min
Jun 4, 12:22 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Hickory, Miller38 min
Jun 4, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Phelps, Webster, Wright67 min
Jun 4, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan38 min
Jun 4, 12:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Miller4 hr
Jun 4, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Dallas, Greene, Lawrence, Polk25 min
Jun 4, 12:57 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden, Miller, Pulaski48 min
Jun 4, 1:12 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFMaries, Phelps, Pulaski48 min
Jun 4, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller29 min
Jun 4, 1:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMaries, Phelps, Pulaski3 hr
Jun 4, 1:59 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFDent, Phelps46 min
Jun 4, 2:44 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFDent, Phelps15 min
Jun 4, 4:45 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan, Phelps and 1 more5 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.