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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO

January 7, 2008McDonald County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 4:11 PM CST for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 64 min. 4 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, 4:11 PM CST (22:11 UTC)
Expired: Jan 7, 2008, 5:15 PM CST
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

County McDonald County, MO

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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, 4:23 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	Noel, MO	WIND DRIVEN GOLF BALL HAIL DAMAGING WIND SHIELDS AND HOMES IN NOEL AND SOUTHWEST CITY.
Jan 7, 4:28 PM CST	HAIL 1	Pineville, MO
Jan 7, 4:30 PM CST	HAIL 1	2 S Noel, MO	HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
Jan 7, 4:39 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 Sw Pineville, MO	REPORT FROM SPOTTERS OF FUNNEL CLOUD 1 MI SW OF PINEVILLE

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, 4:02 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 072211
TORSGF
MOC119-072315-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0004.080107T2211Z-080107T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 515 PM CST.

* AT 407 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAYSVILLE...OR 9 MILES EAST OF    
  JAY OKLAHOMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NOEL BY 420 PM CST.
  LANAGAN BY 425 PM CST.
  PINEVILLE AND ANDERSON BY 430 PM CST.
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODMAN BY 440 PM CST.

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 3650 9462 3656 9463 3676 9445 3675 9407
      3654 9408 3648 9427 3648 9457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 222DEG 42KT 3645 9459

$$

CRAMER

7 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 072221
SVSSGF

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

MOC119-072315-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080107T2315Z/
MCDONALD MO-
421 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR MCDONALD
COUNTY...

AT 417 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
NOEL...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PINEVILLE AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDERSON BY 430 PM CST.
  9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODMAN BY 435 PM CST.

THE TOWNS OF POWELL AND ROCKY COMFORT 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. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3650 9462 3656 9463 3676 9445 3675 9407
      3654 9408 3648 9427 3648 9457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 231DEG 42KT 3652 9447

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 072227
SVSSGF

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

MOC119-072315-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080107T2315Z/
MCDONALD MO-
426 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR MCDONALD
COUNTY...

AT 422 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
NOEL...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 
MPH.  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING GOLF BALL SIZED 
HAIL IN THE COMMUNITIES OF SOUTHWEST CITY AND NOEL.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODMAN BY 440 PM CST.

THE TOWNS OF POWELL AND ROCKY COMFORT 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. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3650 9453 3652 9455 3656 9455 3676 9445
      3675 9416 3675 9407 3654 9408 3649 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 229DEG 40KT 3656 9443

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 072232
SVSSGF

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

MOC119-072315-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080107T2315Z/
MCDONALD MO-
432 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR MCDONALD
COUNTY...

AT 427 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR 
PINEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF 
PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODMAN BY 440 PM CST.

THE TOWNS OF POWELL AND ROCKY COMFORT 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. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3653 9449 3656 9451 3676 9445 3675 9407
      3674 9407 3664 9408 3654 9408 3651 9427
      3651 9446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 229DEG 40KT 3660 9437

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 072241
SVSSGF

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

MOC119-072315-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080107T2315Z/
MCDONALD MO-
441 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR MCDONALD 
COUNTY...

AT 437 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
PINEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MCDONALD
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF POWELL AND ROCKY COMFORT.

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. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3657 9440 3661 9442 3676 9437 3676 9433
      3675 9432 3675 9416 3675 9407 3659 9408
      3655 9432
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 233DEG 35KT 3663 9430

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 072245
SVSSGF

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

MOC119-072315-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080107T2315Z/
MCDONALD MO-
445 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR MCDONALD 
COUNTY...

AT 442 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
WEST OF POWELL...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF PINEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
MCDONALD COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF ROCKY COMFORT.

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. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3665 9436 3675 9432 3675 9407 3673 9407
      3664 9408 3659 9408 3659 9430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 232DEG 36KT 3666 9425

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 072254
SVSSGF

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

MOC119-072315-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080107T2315Z/
MCDONALD MO-
455 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN MCDONALD COUNTY...

AT 451 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ROCKY COMFORT...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF PINEVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
MCDONALD COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF ROCKY COMFORT.

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 1000 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3668 9427 3675 9427 3675 9408 3675 9407
      3667 9407 3667 9408 3666 9418
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 234DEG 35KT 3673 9415

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 072310
SVSSGF

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

MOC119-072320-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080107T2315Z/
MCDONALD MO-
510 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MCDONALD COUNTY EXPIRES AT
515 PM CST...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS EXITING THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3668 9427 3675 9427 3675 9408 3675 9407
      3667 9407 3667 9408 3666 9418
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 234DEG 35KT 3682 9400

$$

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, 2:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Morgan	36 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.