Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 166, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2008, 5:14 PM CDT for Barry County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 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
- Sep 2, 2008, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2008, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Barry County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 477 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KSGF 022214
TORSGF
MOC009-022245-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0166.080902T2214Z-080902T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
514 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT.
* AT 512 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR BEAVER...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CASSVILLE...MOVING
WEST AT 34 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WASHBURN...SELIGMAN AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF EXETER BY 530 PM CDT.
ROARING RIVER STATE PARK AND THE TOWN OF WAYNE IS ALSO IN THE PATH
OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
LAT...LON 3664 9408 3664 9407 3672 9407 3661 9364
3649 9367 3649 9408
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 103DEG 29KT 3654 9379
$$
BARJENBRUCH2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KSGF 022222
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
522 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
MOC009-022245-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0166.000000T0000Z-080902T2245Z/
BARRY MO-
521 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BARRY COUNTY...
AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR SELIGMAN...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF CASSVILLE...
MOVING WEST AT 36 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WASHBURN AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF EXETER BY 530 PM CDT.
THE TOWN OF WAYNE IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
LAT...LON 3649 9408 3664 9408 3664 9407 3672 9407
3664 9375 3664 9373 3663 9372 3649 9382
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 102DEG 31KT 3656 9388
$$
BARJENBRUCH000
WWUS53 KSGF 022241
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
541 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
MOC009-022251-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0166.000000T0000Z-080902T2245Z/
BARRY MO-
541 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BARRY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 545
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.
LAT...LON 3649 9408 3664 9408 3664 9407 3672 9407
3664 9375 3664 9373 3663 9372 3649 9382
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 102DEG 31KT 3659 9409
$$
BARJENBRUCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 1:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more | 46 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 28 min |
| Sep 2, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Taney | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 39 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.