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Tornado Warning 161, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2008, 4:39 PM CDT for Christian County, Missouri. It was in force for 21 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 19, 2008, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Christian County, MO
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 19, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 756 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KSGF 192142
TORSGF
MOC043-192200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0161.080619T2139Z-080619T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
439 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.
* AT 434 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO BETWEEN CHRISTIAN CENTER AND CHADWICK...OR 11 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF OZARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 29 MPH. THIS STORM HAS
PRODUCED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ALONG HIGHWAY 65 IN GREENE COUNTY...ALONG
WITH 70 MPH WINDS WHICH HAVE DOWNED TREES IN NORTHEAST CHRISTIAN
COUNTY.
* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
CHRISTIAN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF GARRISON.
...THIS TORNADO WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING FOR
CHRISTIAN COUNTY.
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.
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 9313 3690 9313 3694 9303 3690 9291
3683 9291 3681 9292 3681 9298 3681 9299
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 335DEG 25KT 3687 9306
$$
RUNNELS1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KSGF 192157
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
457 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008
MOC043-192207-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0161.000000T0000Z-080619T2200Z/
CHRISTIAN MO-
457 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT
500 PM CDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3681 9313 3690 9313 3694 9303 3690 9291
3683 9291 3681 9292 3681 9298 3681 9299
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 335DEG 25KT 3676 9299
$$
WISEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Hickory | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Greene, Webster | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone, Taney | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 3:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas, Greene, Hickory, Polk, Webster | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Webster | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 4:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Taney | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Morgan | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.