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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2008, 6:39 PM CDT for Maries County, Phelps County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 min. 6 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
- Mar 27, 2008, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2008, 7:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Maries County, MO, Phelps County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 6:48 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 Nw St. James, MO | |
| Mar 27, 6:49 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Wnw Northwye, MO | TIME ESTIMATED |
| Mar 27, 6:50 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 E Rolla, MO | FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR INTERSTATE 44. |
| Mar 27, 6:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 E Rolla, MO | PENNY SIZE HAIL ON INTERSTATE 44. |
| Mar 27, 6:53 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | St. James, MO | RELAYED FROM ST. LOUIS NWS OFFICE. |
| Mar 27, 6:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 E St. James, 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 |
| Mar 27, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 221 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KSGF 272341
TORSGF
MOC125-161-280045-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0071.080327T2339Z-080328T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
639 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT.
* AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR ROLLA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES SOUTH OF ST. JAMES BY 645 PM CDT.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 175 AND 199.
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 3779 9153 3779 9155 3794 9199 3812 9181
3808 9152
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 292DEG 44KT 3795 9174
$$
CRAMER1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KSGF 280011
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
710 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
MOC125-161-280020-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-080328T0045Z/
PHELPS MO-MARIES MO-
710 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PHELPS AND SOUTHEASTERN MARIES
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS EXITING THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3779 9153 3779 9155 3794 9199 3812 9181
3808 9152
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 292DEG 44KT 3781 9130
$$
WISEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Hickory, St. Clair | 63 min |
| Mar 27, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Polk | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller, Morgan | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede | 63 min |
| Mar 27, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller | 63 min |
| Mar 27, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Polk | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller, Morgan | 18 min |
| Mar 27, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 58 min |
| Mar 27, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Laclede, Pulaski | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Newton | 62 min |
| Mar 27, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Laclede, Pulaski | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Maries, Phelps | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 73 min |
| Mar 27, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Laclede, Wright | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas | 66 min |
| Mar 27, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 44 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.