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Tornado Warning 167, NWS Springfield, MO

September 2, 2008Taney County, Missouri

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.

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.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2008-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 477 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2008-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

RUNNELS
3 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

$$

RUNNELS
000 
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

$$

RUNNELS
000 
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

$$
RUNNELS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 1:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchSGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more46 hr
Sep 2, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Stone28 min
Sep 2, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry31 min
Sep 2, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry39 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.