Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 177, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 11, 2008, 7:27 PM CDT for Ozark County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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 11, 2008, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ozark County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 381 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KSGF 120027
TORSGF
MOC153-120100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0177.080912T0027Z-080912T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
727 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* AT 724 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR GAINESVILLE...OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AVA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 12 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN OZARK
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF HARDENVILLE...TECUMSEH AND ZANONI.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH STRONG ROTATION INDICATED ON RADAR. A
TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME
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.
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.
LAT...LON 3659 9254 3680 9226 3680 9222 3666 9212
3657 9213 3649 9245 3649 9247
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 234DEG 11KT 3657 9240
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KSGF 120036
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
736 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
MOC153-120100-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0177.000000T0000Z-080912T0100Z/
OZARK MO-
736 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
OZARK COUNTY...
AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR HARDENVILLE...OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AVA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN OZARK
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF TECUMSEH AND ZANONI.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
LAT...LON 3661 9247 3677 9231 3679 9227 3680 9226
3680 9222 3666 9212 3657 9213 3653 9240
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 234DEG 11KT 3659 9237
$$
BARJENBRUCH000
WWUS53 KSGF 120057
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
757 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
MOC153-120107-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0177.000000T0000Z-080912T0100Z/
OZARK MO-
757 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN OZARK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 800 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 3661 9247 3677 9231 3679 9227 3680 9226
3680 9222 3666 9212 3657 9213 3653 9240
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 234DEG 11KT 3663 9230
$$
BARJENBRUCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell, Texas | 36 min |
| Sep 11, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas | 25 min |
| Sep 11, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Shannon, Texas | 34 min |
| Sep 11, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Shannon, Texas | 32 min |
| Sep 11, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 52 min |
| Sep 12, 4:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 11:02 AM CDT | Flood Watch | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.