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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Springfield, MO

January 7, 2008Barry County, McDonald County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 10:18 PM CST for Barry County, McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 72 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, 10:18 PM CST (04:18 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 2008, 11:30 PM CST
In force
72 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Barry County, MO, McDonald County, MO

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:19 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, 10:21 PM CSTTORNADO 18 Sse Powell, MOA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY REVEALED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 8 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF POWELL...AND TRACKED INTO BARRY COUNTY. PATH WIDTH WAS 100 YARDS AND THE LENGTH WAS 7 MILES.
Jan 7, 10:28 PM CSTTORNADO6 W Washburn, MOA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY REVEALED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO TRACKED TWO MILES ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN BARRY COUNTY THROUGH A FORESTED AREA. THIS TORNADO IS AN EXTENSION OF THE MCDONALD COUNTY TORNADO. PATH LENGTH WAS 2 MILES AND THE WIDTH WAS APPROXIM
Jan 7, 10:45 PM CSTFUNNEL CLOUD4 Se Pineville, MOFUNNEL CLOUD JUST SOUTHEAST 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.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 65 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 080420
TORSGF
MOC009-119-080530-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0041.080108T0418Z-080108T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1018 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 PM CST.

* AT 1014 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 12 MILES EAST OF
  JAY IN OKLAHOMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE 
  THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN 
  MCDONALD COUNTY.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NOEL BY 1030 PM CST.
  PINEVILLE...LANAGAN AND ANDERSON BY 1035 PM CST.
  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODMAN BY 1045 PM CST.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THESE STORMS 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 3649 9461 3650 9462 3676 9463 3675 9410
      3649 9391
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 220DEG 44KT 3643 9455

$$

SCHAUMANN
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 080440
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1038 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

MOC009-119-080530-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080108T0530Z/
BARRY MO-MCDONALD MO-
1038 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CST FOR MCDONALD
AND SOUTHWESTERN BARRY COUNTIES...

AT 1035 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PINEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. RADAR ALSO 
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION JUST EAST OF 
SULPHUR SPRINGS IN BENTON COUNTY ARKANSAS.

THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF MCDONALD AND
SOUTHWESTERN BARRY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF POWELL.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 3649 9461 3650 9462 3676 9463 3675 9410
      3649 9391
TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 240DEG 42KT 3654 9426

$$

SCHAUMANN
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 080447
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1046 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

MOC009-119-080530-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080108T0530Z/
BARRY MO-MCDONALD MO-
1046 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CST FOR MCDONALD
AND SOUTHWESTERN BARRY COUNTIES...

AT 1045 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST 
SOUTHEAST OF PINEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND 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 3649 9461 3650 9462 3676 9463 3675 9410
      3649 9391
TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 247DEG 38KT 3658 9421

$$

SCHAUMANN
000 
WWUS53 KSGF 080508
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1109 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

MOC009-119-080530-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080108T0530Z/
BARRY MO-MCDONALD MO-
1109 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CST FOR MCDONALD
AND SOUTHWESTERN BARRY COUNTIES...

AT 1104 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
EAST OF POWELL...OR 11 MILES WEST OF CASSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF MCDONALD AND
SOUTHWESTERN BARRY COUNTIES.

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 3651 9463 3675 9439 3675 9410 3649 9391
TIME...MOT...LOC 0509Z 235DEG 30KT 3665 9401

$$

SCHAUMANN

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, 9:30 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Stone60 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, 10:19 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.