Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 152, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 7:59 PM CDT for Miller County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 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 6, 2008, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 8:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Miller County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:04 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Tuscumbia, MO | FUNNEL DROPPED AND ROSE SEVERAL TIMES BUT NEVER TOUCHED THE GROUND |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 2695 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.8
- Supercell composite
- 17.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KSGF 070058
TORSGF
MOC131-070145-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0152.080607T0059Z-080607T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
759 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.
* AT 754 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF OSAGE BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 36
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MILLER
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF TUSCUMBIA...MARYS HOME AND SAINT
ELIZABETH.
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 3842 9240 3834 9241 3834 9227 3833 9227
3833 9220 3828 9220 3812 9254 3823 9264
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 232DEG 31KT 3821 9249
$$
GAEDE2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KSGF 070110
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
810 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
MOC131-070145-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0152.000000T0000Z-080607T0145Z/
MILLER MO-
810 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MILLER COUNTY...
AT 809 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR TUSCUMBIA...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELDON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MILLER
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF MARYS HOME AND SAINT ELIZABETH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3834 9241 3834 9227 3833 9227 3833 9220
3828 9220 3813 9253 3823 9264 3842 9241
3841 9240
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 235DEG 28KT 3826 9241
$$
GAEDE000
WWUS53 KSGF 070134
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
835 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
MOC131-070145-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0152.000000T0000Z-080607T0145Z/
MILLER MO-
835 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MILLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3834 9241 3834 9227 3833 9227 3833 9220
3828 9220 3813 9253 3823 9264 3842 9241
3841 9240
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 235DEG 28KT 3837 9221
$$
GAEDEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 10:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory, Jasper and 8 more | 12 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.