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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO

January 7, 2008Benton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 2:27 PM CST for Benton County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jan 7, 2008, 2:27 PM CST (20:27 UTC)
Expired: Jan 7, 2008, 3:14 PM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Benton County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 7, 2:45 PM CST	HAIL 1	5 W Warsaw, MO	HAIL OBSERVED ALONG BENTON/HENRY COUNTY BORDER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 7, 1:52 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	146 days

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 773 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 404 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 396 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 072027
TORSGF
MOC015-072130-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0002.080107T2027Z-080107T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
227 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 330 PM CST.

* AT 224 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOWRY CITY...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF
  CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WARSAW BY 245 PM CST.
  LINCOLN BY 255 PM CST.
  COLE CAMP BY 305 PM CST.

THE TOWNS OF RACKET...PALO PINTO...IONIA AND MORA ARE ALSO IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.

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 3854 9308 3840 9307 3828 9308 3808 9351
      3818 9351 3819 9352 3821 9353 3852 9351
      3851 9329 3855 9327
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 225DEG 44KT 3814 9366

$$

CRAMER

5 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 072033
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
233 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

MOC015-072130-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080107T2130Z/
BENTON MO-
233 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR BENTON
COUNTY...

AT 229 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12
MILES SOUTHWEST OF RACKET...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARSAW...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WARSAW BY 245 PM CST.
  LINCOLN BY 255 PM CST.
  COLE CAMP BY 305 PM CST.

THE TOWNS OF RACKET...WHITAKERVILLE...EDMONSON AND CROCKERVILLE ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3854 9308 3840 9307 3828 9308 3808 9351
      3818 9351 3819 9352 3821 9353 3852 9351
      3851 9329 3855 9327
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 232DEG 47KT 3818 9358

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 072043
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
242 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

MOC015-072130-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080107T2130Z/
BENTON MO-
242 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR BENTON 
COUNTY...

AT 239 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
RACKET...OR NEAR WARSAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LINCOLN BY 250 PM CST.
  COLE CAMP BY 300 PM CST.

THE TOWNS OF EDMONSON AND CROCKERVILLE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO.

ST. CLAIR COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCH 
DOWN WITH THIS STORM.  IN ADDITION TO A POSSIBLE TORNADO...LARGE 
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3854 9324 3854 9308 3841 9307 3839 9308
      3828 9308 3818 9351 3821 9353 3852 9351
      3851 9329 3855 9327
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 235DEG 54KT 3825 9343

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 072055
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
255 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

MOC015-072130-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080107T2130Z/
BENTON MO-
255 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR NORTHERNEASTERN
BENTON COUNTY...

AT 254 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
EDMONSON...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARSAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COLE CAMP BY 305 PM CST.

THE TOWN OF CROCKERVILLE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3854 9324 3854 9308 3841 9307 3839 9308
      3828 9308 3825 9335 3832 9342 3852 9328
      3855 9327
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 235DEG 54KT 3834 9327

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 072114
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
314 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

MOC015-072124-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080107T2130Z/
BENTON MO-
314 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3854 9324 3854 9308 3841 9307 3839 9308
      3828 9308 3825 9335 3832 9342 3852 9328
      3855 9327
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 235DEG 54KT 3850 9297

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 072114 RRA
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
314 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

MOC015-072124-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080107T2130Z/
BENTON MO-
314 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BENTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3854 9324 3854 9308 3841 9307 3839 9308
      3828 9308 3825 9335 3832 9342 3852 9328
      3855 9327
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 235DEG 54KT 3850 9297

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 7, 2:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	20 min
Jan 7, 2:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Morgan	36 min
Jan 7, 4:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald	64 min
Jan 7, 4:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, Newton	54 min
Jan 7, 5:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	70 min
Jan 7, 5:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Lawrence, Stone	50 min
Jan 7, 5:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald	72 min
Jan 7, 5:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Greene	64 min
Jan 7, 5:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry	73 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.