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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO

January 7, 2008Morgan County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 2:58 PM CST for Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 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, 2:58 PM CST (20:58 UTC)
Expired: Jan 7, 2008, 3:34 PM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Morgan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 7, 3:05 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	7 S Stover, MO

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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 072058
TORSGF
MOC141-072200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0003.080107T2058Z-080107T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM CST.

* AT 254 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLN...OR 9
  MILES NORTHEAST OF WARSAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STOVER BY 310 PM CST.
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF VERSAILLES BY 315 PM CST.

THE TOWNS OF FLORENCE AND SYRACUSE 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 3869 9284 3869 9283 3860 9284 3843 9262
      3837 9264 3831 9308 3869 9307 3870 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 229DEG 49KT 3834 9318

$$

CRAMER

5 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 072106
SVSSGF

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

MOC141-072200-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080107T2200Z/
MORGAN MO-
305 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR MORGAN
COUNTY...

AT 304 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF STOVER...OR 14 MILES WEST OF VERSAILLES...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.  ALSO...A TRAINED STORM SPOTTER WAS OBSERVING A 
FUNNEL CLOUD ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SOUTHEAST OF COLE CAMP.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  STOVER BY 310 PM CST.
  VERSAILLES BY 320 PM CST.

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 3869 9284 3869 9283 3860 9284 3843 9262
      3837 9264 3831 9308 3869 9307 3870 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 236DEG 46KT 3838 9308

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 072112
SVSSGF

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

MOC141-072200-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080107T2200Z/
MORGAN MO-
311 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR MORGAN 
COUNTY...

AT 309 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
STOVER...OR 10 MILES WEST OF VERSAILLES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  VERSAILLES BY 320 PM CST.

ANYONE IN OR NEAR VERSAILLES SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

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 3869 9283 3860 9284 3843 9262 3843 9263
      3840 9263 3837 9264 3836 9308 3869 9307
      3870 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 245DEG 46KT 3841 9299

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 072120
SVSSGF

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

MOC141-072200-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080107T2200Z/
MORGAN MO-
319 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR MORGAN 
COUNTY...

AT 314 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
STOVER...OR 7 MILES WEST OF VERSAILLES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE TRACKING VERY CLOSE TO THE CITY OF VERSAILLES.  
ANYONE IN OR NEAR THE CITY OF VERSAILLES SHOULD TAKE COVER 
IMMEDIATELY.

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 3869 9285 3860 9284 3843 9262 3843 9263
      3840 9263 3837 9264 3836 9295 3838 9304
      3846 9307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 242DEG 46KT 3844 9289

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 072126
SVSSGF

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

MOC141-072200-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080107T2200Z/
MORGAN MO-
325 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR 
MORGAN COUNTY...

AT 323 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 
MILES NORTHEAST OF VERSAILLES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MORGAN
COUNTY.

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 3860 9285 3847 9268 3845 9284 3847 9289
      3852 9290
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 239DEG 53KT 3849 9279

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 072134
SVSSGF

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

MOC141-072144-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080107T2200Z/
MORGAN MO-
334 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

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

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS EXITING THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3860 9285 3847 9268 3845 9284 3847 9289
      3852 9290
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 239DEG 53KT 3856 9264

$$

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, 2:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	47 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

Nearby

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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.