Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 167, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2008, 5:55 PM CDT for Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 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, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2008, 6:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Taney County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 022255
TORSGF
MOC213-022345-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0167.080902T2255Z-080902T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
555 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.
* AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR FORSYTH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 29 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FORSYTH BY 600 PM CDT.
ROCKAWAY BEACH BY 605 PM CDT.
THE TOWNS OF EDGEWATER BEACH AND WALNUT SHADE ARE 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.
LAT...LON 3663 9332 3669 9332 3681 9332 3681 9331
3682 9321 3670 9298 3659 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 119DEG 26KT 3667 9309
$$
RUNNELS3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KSGF 022312
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
612 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
MOC213-022345-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0167.000000T0000Z-080902T2345Z/
TANEY MO-
610 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN TANEY COUNTY...
AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR ROCKAWAY BEACH...OR NEAR FORSYTH...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 27 MPH.
A STORM SPOTTER HAS OBSERVED ROTATION AT F HIGHWAY AND 160.
THIS TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN
TANEY COUNTY BETWEEN WALNUT SHADE AND REEDS SPRING.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3663 9332 3669 9332 3681 9332 3681 9331
3682 9321 3670 9298 3659 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 117DEG 23KT 3671 9319
$$
RUNNELS000
WWUS53 KSGF 022332 RRA
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
632 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
MOC213-022345-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0167.000000T0000Z-080902T2345Z/
TANEY MO-
626 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN TANEY COUNTY...
AT 624 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED ROTATION WITH THIS STORM
NEAR BEAR CREEK IN NORTHWEST TANEY COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR HOWEVER
INDICATED THAT THE STORM WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING...SO ANY
ADDITIONAL THREAT OF A TORNADO WILL BE SHORT LIVED.
ADDITIONAL WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED AS ANOTHER BAND OF STORMS MOVES
OUT OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS INTO TANEY COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3663 9332 3669 9332 3681 9332 3681 9331
3682 9321 3670 9298 3659 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 119DEG 22KT 3676 9328
$$
RUNNELS000
WWUS53 KSGF 022340
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
640 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
MOC213-022347-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0167.000000T0000Z-080902T2345Z/
TANEY MO-
637 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TANEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 635 PM...THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD DECREASED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS ENDING THE TORNADO THREAT OVER NORTHWEST TANEY COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS ARE CROSSING THE
ARKANSAS BORDER INTO THE RUETER AREA IN SOUTHEAST TANEY COUNTY.
RESIDENTS FROM BRANSON TO RUETER SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL
WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 3663 9332 3669 9332 3681 9332 3681 9331
3682 9321 3670 9298 3659 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 117DEG 23KT 3679 9338
$$
RUNNELSThe 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, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.