Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 178, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 11, 2008, 7:37 PM CDT for Douglas County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 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, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2008, 8:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Douglas County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 120037
TORSGF
MOC067-120115-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0178.080912T0037Z-080912T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
737 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.
* AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A TORNADO NEAR AVA...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. A SECOND AREA OF
ROTATION WAS DEVELOPING BETWEEN ROME AND SQUIRES...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL DOUGLAS
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF BRUSHYKNOB.
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 3690 9278 3707 9272 3705 9217 3680 9250
3681 9266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 223DEG 22KT 3691 9262
$$
SCHAUMANN3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KSGF 120044
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
744 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
MOC067-120115-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0178.000000T0000Z-080912T0115Z/
DOUGLAS MO-
742 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
DOUGLAS COUNTY...
AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR AVA...MOVING NORTH AT 23 MPH. A SECOND AREA
OF ROTATION WAS DEVELOPING BETWEEN ROME AND SQUIRES...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AVA...SQUIRES AND BRUSHYKNOB.
TAKE COVER NOW. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF AVAILABLE...MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE
WALLS.
LAT...LON 3690 9278 3707 9272 3705 9217 3680 9250
3681 9266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 193DEG 20KT 3696 9264
$$
SCHAUMANN000
WWUS53 KSGF 120054
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
754 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
MOC067-120115-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0178.000000T0000Z-080912T0115Z/
DOUGLAS MO-
753 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
DOUGLAS COUNTY...
AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF AVA...MOVING NORTH AT 23 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AVA AND BRUSHYKNOB.
TAKE COVER NOW. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF AVAILABLE...MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE
WALLS.
LAT...LON 3689 9277 3690 9278 3692 9277 3694 9277
3695 9276 3696 9276 3697 9275 3707 9272
3705 9224 3686 9248
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 193DEG 20KT 3702 9262
$$
SCHAUMANN000
WWUS53 KSGF 120102
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
802 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
MOC067-120112-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0178.000000T0000Z-080912T0115Z/
DOUGLAS MO-
802 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3689 9277 3690 9278 3692 9277 3694 9277
3695 9276 3696 9276 3697 9275 3707 9272
3705 9224 3686 9248
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 193DEG 20KT 3707 9261
$$
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, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 33 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.