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Tornado Warning 92, NWS Springfield, MO

March 31, 2008Benton County, Hickory County, St. Clair County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2008, 12:21 PM CDT for Benton County, Hickory County, St. Clair County, Missouri. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report 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 31, 2008, 12:21 PM CDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2008, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Benton County, MO, Hickory County, MO, St. Clair County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 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 31, 12:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ne Weaubleau, MO	A SWATH OF WIND DAMAGE STARTED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEAUBLEAU NEAR HIGHWAY AA AND CONTINUED TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHEATLAND.

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 31, 8:44 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 640 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 336 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 10.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 311722
TORSGF
MOC015-085-185-311815-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0092.080331T1721Z-080331T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1221 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  WESTERN HICKORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT.

* AT 1219 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSCEOLA...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF EL
  DORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OSCEOLA BY 1230 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF VISTA...HARPER...ICONIUM AND QUINCY ARE ALSO IN THE PATH
OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.

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.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS 
IN EFFECT FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY.

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 3826 9338 3783 9339 3784 9382 3785 9383
      3786 9383 3788 9383 3789 9386 3799 9394
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 239DEG 42KT 3797 9377

$$

SCHAUMANN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 311806
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
106 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

MOC015-185-311816-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-080331T1815Z/
ST. CLAIR MO-BENTON MO-
106 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BENTON AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3783 9339 3785 9353 3795 9352 3807 9350
      3807 9340
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 244DEG 35KT 3803 9338

$$

MOC085-311815-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-080331T1815Z/
HICKORY MO-
106 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
HICKORY COUNTY...

AT 102 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR QUINCY...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HERMITAGE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN HICKORY
COUNTY.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3783 9339 3785 9353 3795 9352 3807 9350
      3807 9340
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 244DEG 35KT 3803 9338

$$

SCHAUMANN

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 311808
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
108 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

MOC085-311818-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-080331T1815Z/
HICKORY MO-
108 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN HICKORY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 115 PM
CDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3783 9339 3785 9353 3795 9352 3807 9350
      3807 9340
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 244DEG 35KT 3803 9335

$$

SCHAUMANN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 7:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon and 3 more	12 hr
Mar 30, 11:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas	9 hr
Mar 31, 7:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Benton, Cedar, Dade, Hickory, Jasper and 4 more	12 hr
Mar 31, 7:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon	53 hr
Mar 31, 8:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	53 min
Mar 31, 8:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, St. Clair, Vernon	63 min
Mar 31, 9:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Jasper, Lawrence	61 min
Mar 31, 9:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	45 min
Mar 31, 9:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Jasper, Lawrence	66 min
Mar 31, 9:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene, Polk	61 min
Mar 31, 10:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Lawrence	37 min
Mar 31, 10:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	65 min
Mar 31, 10:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Benton, Camden, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Hickory and 6 more	6 hr
Mar 31, 10:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Greene	41 min
Mar 31, 10:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	71 min
Mar 31, 10:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	63 min
Mar 31, 11:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Polk, Webster	41 min
Mar 31, 11:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede, Webster	42 min
Mar 31, 11:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	64 min
Mar 31, 12:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Morgan and 2 more	6 hr
Mar 31, 12:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede	21 min
Mar 31, 12:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	55 min
Mar 31, 12:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	71 min
Mar 31, 12:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory, Morgan, St. Clair	81 min
Mar 31, 1:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Lawrence	41 min
Mar 31, 1:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Lawrence and 5 more	6 hr
Mar 31, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	70 min
Mar 31, 1:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, Polk	21 min
Mar 31, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	54 min
Mar 31, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Miller, Polk and 1 more	75 min
Mar 31, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Jasper, Lawrence	73 min
Mar 31, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Stone	75 min
Mar 31, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster, Wright	43 min
Mar 31, 2:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	44 hr
Mar 31, 2:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	5 days
Mar 31, 2:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar	22 hr
Mar 31, 3:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Oregon, Ozark and 7 more	6 hr
Mar 31, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	71 min
Mar 31, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas	48 min
Mar 31, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone, Taney	77 min
Mar 31, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede	68 min
Mar 31, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	77 min
Mar 31, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas	72 min
Mar 31, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas	80 min
Mar 31, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	78 min
Mar 31, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	66 min
Mar 31, 4:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Ozark	47 min
Mar 31, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	81 min
Mar 31, 5:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell	52 min
Mar 31, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	76 min
Mar 31, 5:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps, Pulaski	3 hr
Mar 31, 5:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Miller, Morgan, Pulaski	39 hr
Mar 31, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	63 min
Mar 31, 6:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Barton, Benton, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 13 more	38 hr

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.