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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Springfield, MO

January 7, 2008Christian County, Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 9:30 PM CST for Christian County, Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 60 min. 3 reports 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, 9:30 PM CST (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 2008, 10:30 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Christian County, MO, Stone County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 7, 9:30 PM CSTTORNADO 12 Nw Highlandvi, MO*** 1 INJ *** DAMAGED SEVERAL RESIDENCES AND DESTROYED TWO MOBILE HOMES. ONE MOBILE HOME RESIDENT WAS INJURED BY THE TORNADO. THE PATH WIDTH WAS 100 YARDS AT THE WIDEST POINT ALONG ITS 1.5 MILE PATH LENGTH...AND LASTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES. THE TORNADO
Jan 7, 9:31 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGHighlandvi, MO6 HOMES DESTROYED NEAR HIGHLANDVILLE.
Jan 7, 9:35 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGSpokane, MOTWO HOMES HEAVILY DAMAGED.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 7, 7:48 PM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 00:00Z on 2008-01-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 765 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 00:00Z on 2008-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 281 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
765 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
7.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 080330
TORSGF
MOC043-209-080430-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0033.080108T0330Z-080108T0430Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CST.

* AT 926 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF HIGHLANDVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHLANDVILLE BY 935 PM CST.
  NIXA BY 940 PM CST.
  OZARK BY 945 PM CST.
  SPARTA BY 950 PM CST.

THE TOWNS OF SELMORE...CHRISTIAN CENTER...FREMONT HILLS AND LINDEN
ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

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 3694 9351 3710 9330 3709 9329 3709 9298
      3708 9290 3680 9337
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 230DEG 36KT 3694 9334

$$

SCHAUMANN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 080340
SVSSGF

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

MOC043-209-080430-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080108T0430Z/
STONE MO-CHRISTIAN MO-
939 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CST FOR
CHRISTIAN AND NORTHEASTERN STONE COUNTIES...

AT 935 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
HIGHLANDVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 
ROTATION IN THIS STORM HAS INCREASED OVER THE PAST TEN MINUTES. 
THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OZARK BY 945 PM CST.
  SPARTA BY 950 PM CST.

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

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

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 3694 9351 3710 9330 3709 9329 3709 9298
      3708 9290 3680 9337
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 230DEG 36KT 3700 9325

$$

SCHAUMANN
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 080348
SVSSGF

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

MOC209-080358-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080108T0430Z/
STONE MO-
948 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STONE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3709 9330 3709 9298 3708 9291 3685 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 237DEG 38KT 3704 9313

$$

MOC043-080430-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080108T0430Z/
CHRISTIAN MO-
948 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CST FOR EASTERN
CHRISTIAN COUNTY...

AT 945 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO TRACK A TORNADO
NEAR LINDEN...OR NEAR OZARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

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 3709 9330 3709 9298 3708 9291 3685 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 237DEG 38KT 3704 9313

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 6:12 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald38 min
Jan 7, 6:24 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFDallas, Greene, Webster41 min
Jan 7, 6:29 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Lawrence, Stone76 min
Jan 7, 6:33 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Newton41 min
Jan 7, 6:41 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFLaclede62 min
Jan 7, 6:49 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencySGFGreene71 min
Jan 7, 7:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan59 min
Jan 7, 7:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk34 min
Jan 7, 7:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence47 min
Jan 7, 7:18 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFPulaski57 min
Jan 7, 7:18 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Lawrence57 min
Jan 7, 7:25 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFWebster65 min
Jan 7, 7:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Dallas54 min
Jan 7, 7:36 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFGreene69 min
Jan 7, 7:44 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 1 more6 hr
Jan 7, 7:50 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFMaries, Phelps42 min
Jan 7, 7:59 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFLaclede, Wright76 min
Jan 7, 8:01 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald59 min
Jan 7, 8:11 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFDallas, Webster64 min
Jan 7, 8:21 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarry, McDonald54 min
Jan 7, 8:39 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFLaclede, Wright66 min
Jan 7, 8:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Miller24 min
Jan 7, 8:42 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFPulaski63 min
Jan 7, 8:46 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFDallas, Greene, Polk74 min
Jan 7, 8:49 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Stone71 min
Jan 7, 9:08 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarry67 min
Jan 7, 9:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps and 4 more6 hr
Jan 7, 9:14 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald76 min
Jan 7, 9:18 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFCamden, Pulaski72 min
Jan 7, 9:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian64 min
Jan 7, 9:27 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFMaries, Phelps48 min
Jan 7, 9:32 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFLaclede73 min
Jan 7, 9:46 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFGreene, Webster74 min
Jan 7, 9:50 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Stone70 min
Jan 7, 9:55 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFChristian65 min
Jan 7, 10:03 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFMaries53 min
Jan 7, 10:10 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Stone65 min
Jan 7, 10:18 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarry, McDonald72 min
Jan 7, 10:19 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFWright71 min
Jan 7, 10:51 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFLaclede, Pulaski, Texas39 min
Jan 7, 10:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Pulaski51 min
Jan 7, 11:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster45 min
Jan 7, 11:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Webster67 min
Jan 7, 11:12 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Stone63 min
Jan 7, 11:15 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFPhelps60 min
Jan 7, 11:28 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarry, McDonald77 min
Jan 7, 11:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright22 min
Jan 7, 11:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski28 min
Jan 7, 11:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas18 min
Jan 7, 11:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster, Wright32 min
Jan 7, 11:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Phelps32 min
Jan 8, 12:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Lawrence84 min
Jan 8, 12:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Stone91 min
Jan 8, 12:42 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Stone, Taney52 min
Jan 8, 12:44 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald52 min
Jan 8, 1:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon53 min
Jan 8, 1:16 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Newton34 min
Jan 8, 1:20 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFDouglas, Texas, Webster, Wright70 min
Jan 8, 1:28 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFVernon28 min
Jan 8, 1:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 1 more7 hr
Jan 8, 1:30 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFLawrence36 min
Jan 8, 1:37 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchSGFMcDonald35 hr
Jan 8, 1:56 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarry18 min
Jan 8, 1:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene61 min
Jan 8, 2:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald and 1 more60 min
Jan 8, 2:07 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFTexas38 min
Jan 8, 2:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Polk59 min
Jan 8, 2:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone26 min
Jan 8, 2:19 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarry, McDonald44 min
Jan 8, 2:23 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSGFMcDonald34 hr
Jan 8, 2:28 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Greene51 min
Jan 8, 2:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent27 min
Jan 8, 2:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Hickory, Polk39 min
Jan 8, 2:38 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFStone51 min
Jan 8, 2:39 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps and 5 more5 hr
Jan 8, 2:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster61 min
Jan 8, 2:50 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFChristian47 min
Jan 8, 2:51 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFGreene, Webster39 min
Jan 8, 2:55 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFTaney61 min
Jan 8, 2:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede79 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.