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Tornado Warning 144, NWS Springfield, MO

June 4, 2008Dent County, Phelps County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2008, 2:44 AM CDT for Dent County, Phelps County, Missouri. It was in force for 15 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2008, 2:44 AM CDT (07:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2008, 2:59 AM CDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Dent County, MO, Phelps County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:46 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.

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
Jun 3, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 221 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 040744
TORSGF
MOC065-161-040815-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0144.080604T0744Z-080604T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
244 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT.

* AT 239 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTH OF NEWBURG...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF ROLLA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 58 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. JAMES BY 300 AM CDT.

THE TOWN OF LAKE SPRING IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 180 AND 199.

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 3759 9131 3761 9184 3783 9198 3808 9152
      3780 9153 3778 9132
TIME...MOT...LOC 0744Z 241DEG 50KT 3778 9179

$$

GAEDE

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 040759
SVSSGF

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

MOC065-161-040809-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0144.000000T0000Z-080604T0815Z/
PHELPS MO-DENT MO-
259 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN DENT AND PHELPS COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3759 9131 3761 9184 3783 9198 3808 9152
      3780 9153 3778 9132
TIME...MOT...LOC 0759Z 241DEG 50KT 3788 9156

$$

GAEDE

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 Jun 4, 1:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
134 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

.DISCUSSION...

INTENSE LINE OF CONVECTION THAT HAS PRODUCED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH WAS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI
ALTHOUGH STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH OUTFLOW CONTINUED. THIS
ACTIVITY SEEMS TO BE DIMINISHING AS IT RUNS UNDERNEATH A WARM LAYER
ALOFT AND CONVECTIVE INHIBITION INCREASES. THE CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW
WILL CONTINUE EAST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WITH 40 TO 50 MPH
WINDS.

FARTHER NORTH ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE THERMAL RIDGE SEVERE
CONVECTION CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. LOW LEVEL SHEAR HAS
CONTINUED TO INCREASE WITH 0-1KM HELICITIES NEAR 400 M2/S2 AND
0-1KM SHEAR NEAR 40 KTS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASE IN THE LOW LEVEL
JET. HOWEVER SURFACE BASED CONVECTIVE INHIBITION WAS INCREASING.
OVERALL TORNADIC THREAT APPEARS TO BE DECREASING BUT POTENTIAL OF
DAMAGING WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO MARIES...PHELPS...AND PERHAPS
DENT COUNTIES.

&&

.AVIATION...

THUNDERSTORMS HAD DIMINISHED OVER THE JOPLIN AND SPRINGFIELD
TERMINAL AREAS. HOWEVER SCATTERED STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO AFFECT
THE REGION THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WINDS MAY INCREASE
DURING THE EARLY MORNING IN RESPONSE TO STRONG PRESSURE CHANGES IN
THE WAKE OF THE STORMS. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY
ALONG WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS.

FOSTER

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 9:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
943 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-050245-
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-
943 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS...
  WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...
  ISOLATED TORNADOES...
  AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF KANSAS WILL IMPACT AREAS WEST HIGHWAY
  65...WHILE OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE LAKE OF THE
  OZARKS REGION THROUGH 2 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE
  REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AFTER 2 AM.

  DISCUSSION:

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH
  EAST IN TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 80 MPH...AND HAIL
  TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT FOR AN
  ISOLATED TORNADO ALONG THIS LINE OF STORMS AS LOW LEVEL WIND
  SHEAR BEGINS TO INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING.

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT
  NEAR INTERSTATE 70 THIS EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY MAY AFFECT THE
  TRUMAN LAKE...AND LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION LATE THIS EVENING
  AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE
  THUNDERSTORMS ARE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
  HALF DOLLARS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

  WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE
  OUTLOOK AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
  INTO FRIDAY AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL
  UNITED STATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

&&

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)

BARJENBRUCH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:48 AM CDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
148 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2008

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

1139 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N WARSAW              38.29N 93.38W
06/03/2008                   BENTON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 65

&&

GAEDE

Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:51 AM CDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
151 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2008

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

1144 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 SSW EL DORADO SPRINGS 37.80N 94.06W
06/03/2008  E75 MPH          CEDAR              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE UPROOTED NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY HH AND CR 700.
            THIS IS NEAR THE CEDAR VERNON COUNTY LINE.

&&

GAGAN

Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:52 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
152 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2008

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

0135 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WAYNESVILLE             37.83N 92.20W
06/04/2008                   PULASKI            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN

&&

GAEDE

Local storm report, Jun 4, 2:39 AM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
239 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2008

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

0230 AM     FLASH FLOOD      VERSAILLES              38.43N  92.84W
06/04/2008                   MORGAN             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY.
            A FEW COUNTY ROADS WASHED OUT NEAR THE LAKE OF THE
            OZARKS.

&&

AF

Local storm report, Jun 4, 2:40 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
240 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2008

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

0235 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CAMDENTON               38.01N  92.74W
06/04/2008                   CAMDEN             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY.

&&

AF

Local storm report, Jun 4, 2:41 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
241 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2008

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

0235 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ELDON                   38.35N  92.58W
06/04/2008                   MILLER             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY.

&&

AF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 9:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	16 days
Jun 3, 10:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	6 hr
Jun 3, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Newton, Vernon	58 min
Jun 3, 11:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Vernon	46 min
Jun 3, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	62 min
Jun 3, 11:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	44 min
Jun 3, 11:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton and 1 more	40 min
Jun 3, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	35 min
Jun 3, 11:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Morgan	40 min
Jun 3, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	46 min
Jun 4, 12:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Hickory and 2 more	58 min
Jun 4, 12:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller	47 min
Jun 4, 12:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory, Miller	38 min
Jun 4, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede, Phelps, Webster, Wright	67 min
Jun 4, 12:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	38 min
Jun 4, 12:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Miller	4 hr
Jun 4, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Dallas, Greene, Lawrence, Polk	25 min
Jun 4, 12:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Pulaski	48 min
Jun 4, 1:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps, Pulaski	48 min
Jun 4, 1:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	29 min
Jun 4, 1:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps, Pulaski	3 hr
Jun 4, 1:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps	46 min
Jun 4, 4:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan, Phelps and 1 more	5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.