Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 79, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2008, 8:58 PM CDT for Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 19 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, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2008, 9:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Shannon County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 1283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KSGF 280159
TORSGF
MOC203-280230-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0079.080328T0158Z-080328T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
858 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.
* AT 854 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUNKER...OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SALEM...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND FUNNEL CLOUDS.
* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
SHANNON 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 3720 9113 3719 9115 3729 9136 3742 9134
3742 9118 3741 9117 3732 9118 3731 9115
3726 9116 3725 9112
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 279DEG 43KT 3735 9121
$$
WISE1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KSGF 280217
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
917 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
MOC203-280227-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080328T0230Z/
SHANNON MO-
917 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SHANNON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS EXITING THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3720 9113 3719 9115 3729 9136 3742 9134
3742 9118 3741 9117 3732 9118 3731 9115
3726 9116 3725 9112
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 279DEG 43KT 3731 9093
$$
WISEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Texas | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 66 min |
| Mar 27, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Jasper, Lawrence | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 55 min |
| Mar 27, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Stone | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 61 min |
| Mar 27, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Webster, Wright | 81 min |
| Mar 27, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone, Taney | 63 min |
| Mar 27, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Newton | 65 min |
| Mar 27, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone | 58 min |
| Mar 27, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas | 57 min |
| Mar 27, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 11:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 59 min |
| Mar 28, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 53 min |
| Mar 28, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 30 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.