Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 74, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2008, 6:56 PM CDT for Barry County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2008, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2008, 7:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Barry County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 14 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 272356
TORSGF
MOC009-280100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0074.080327T2356Z-080328T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
656 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR WHEATON...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CASSVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BARRY
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF CASSVILLE AND JENKINS.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO BASEBALL 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 3666 9406 3685 9404 3693 9379 3692 9362
3691 9363 3683 9363 3682 9359 3669 9358
3669 9359 3664 9360
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 267DEG 36KT 3673 9395
$$
CRAMER4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KSGF 280003
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
703 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
MOC009-280100-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-080328T0100Z/
BARRY MO-
703 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR BARRY
COUNTY...
AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR BUTTERFIELD...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CASSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CASSVILLE BY 710 PM CDT.
THE TOWN OF JENKINS IS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3666 9406 3687 9398 3693 9379 3692 9362
3691 9363 3688 9364 3683 9363 3681 9359
3670 9358 3664 9360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 277DEG 22KT 3672 9392
$$
CRAMER000
WWUS53 KSGF 280014 RRA
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
714 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
MOC009-280100-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-080328T0100Z/
BARRY MO-
714 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR BARRY
COUNTY...
AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF MCDOWELL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
BARRY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF JENKINS.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3669 9391 3693 9379 3692 9362 3691 9363
3686 9364 3683 9363 3681 9359 3670 9358
3669 9359 3664 9360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 274DEG 30KT 3672 9378
$$
CRAMER000
WWUS53 KSGF 280025
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
725 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
MOC009-280100-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-080328T0100Z/
BARRY MO-
725 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BARRY COUNTY...
AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR JENKINS...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CASSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL
BARRY COUNTY.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3672 9378 3683 9375 3685 9371 3686 9364
3683 9363 3681 9359 3670 9358 3669 9359
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 265DEG 31KT 3675 9368
$$
CRAMER000
WWUS53 KSGF 280040
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
740 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
MOC009-280050-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-080328T0100Z/
BARRY MO-
740 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BARRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3672 9378 3683 9375 3685 9371 3686 9364
3683 9363 3681 9359 3670 9358 3669 9359
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 265DEG 31KT 3676 9352
$$
CRAMERThe 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, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Maries, Phelps | 32 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 |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.