Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 45, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2009, 9:40 AM CDT for Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 min. 8 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
- May 8, 2009, 9:40 AM CDT (14:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2009, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Oregon County, MO, Shannon County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 9:45 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Koshkonong, MO | SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE. WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF HOMES. |
| May 8, 9:45 AM CDT | TORNADO 2 | 5 Sw Alley Spring, MO | NWS SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF2 TORNADO WITH WINDS TO 130 MPH OCCURRED OVER SHANNON COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS UP TO ONE MILE WIDE AND APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES LONG. SEVERAL BUILDINGS AT A SAW MILL IN THE VENICE AREA WERE DESTROYED AS WELL AS NUMEROUS TREES |
| May 8, 9:50 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Winona, MO | A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT DOWNBURST WINDS ESTIMATED AT 85 TO 90 MPH OCCURED IN WINONA MISSOURI. SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE OCCURED. |
| May 8, 10:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 20 Nw Eminence, MO | NUMEROUS TREES 3 FEET IN DIAMETER DOWN |
| May 8, 10:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 S Summersville, MO | DAMAGE PATH CROSSED HIGHWAY 17 6 MILES SOUTH OF SUMMERSVILLE WITH NUMEROUS STRUCTURES DAMAGED IN THE AREA. TIME OF EVENT ESTIMATED |
| May 8, 10:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Eminence, MO | NUMEROUS MATURE TREES DOWN |
| May 8, 10:10 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nw Eminence, MO | SAWMILL DESTROYED WITH ONLY ONE WALL LEFT STANDING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 19 AND D HIGHWAY. |
| May 8, 10:12 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Eminence, MO | SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE IN EMINENCE WITH LARGE TREES FALLING ONTO HOMES. MANY POWER LINES DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 4:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 8, 9:21 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 3210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 9.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KSGF 081440
TORSGF
MOC149-203-081530-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0045.090508T1440Z-090508T1530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
940 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT.
* AT 940 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOUSTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SUMMERSVILLE BY 955 AM CDT.
7 MILES NORTH OF EMINENCE BY 1015 AM CDT.
THE TOWNS OF ROUND SPRING AND MIDRIDGE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADIC STORM.
ANOTHER STRONG CIRCULATION WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN OREGON COUNTY.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3709 9103 3708 9122 3683 9122 3682 9111
3649 9113 3649 9169 3742 9165 3742 9118
3726 9116 3725 9112 3721 9113 3721 9110
3714 9102
TIME...MOT...LOC 1440Z 263DEG 39KT 3721 9188
$$
FOSTER1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KSGF 081527
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1027 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009
MOC149-203-081537-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-090508T1530Z/
SHANNON MO-OREGON MO-
1027 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OREGON AND SHANNON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT
1030 AM CDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS EXITING THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FRIDAY FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3709 9103 3708 9122 3683 9122 3682 9111
3649 9113 3649 9169 3742 9165 3742 9118
3726 9116 3725 9112 3721 9113 3721 9110
3714 9102
TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 263DEG 39KT 3727 9125
$$
GAEDEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Morgan | 57 min |
| May 7, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Phelps | 55 min |
| May 8, 5:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 44 min |
| May 8, 5:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 56 min |
| May 8, 5:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Morgan | 53 min |
| May 8, 6:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller | 61 min |
| May 8, 6:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Newton | 59 min |
| May 8, 6:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 63 min |
| May 8, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller | 59 min |
| May 8, 6:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Miller, Morgan | 6 hr |
| May 8, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Vernon | 64 min |
| May 8, 6:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Hickory, St. Clair, Vernon | 6 hr |
| May 8, 6:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Hickory and 3 more | 66 min |
| May 8, 7:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Barton, Christian, Dade, Greene, Jasper and 3 more | 57 min |
| May 8, 7:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Laclede | 67 min |
| May 8, 7:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 37 min |
| May 8, 7:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Dade, Jasper | 24 min |
| May 8, 7:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Morgan | 67 min |
| May 8, 7:35 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | SGF | Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 23 more | 4 hr |
| May 8, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 3 more | 58 min |
| May 8, 7:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller, Pulaski | 54 min |
| May 8, 7:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Camden, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Jasper and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 7:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon | 65 min |
| May 8, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory, Polk and 2 more | 62 min |
| May 8, 8:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Greene | 47 min |
| May 8, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller | 61 min |
| May 8, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Ozark, Taney and 3 more | 61 min |
| May 8, 8:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian | 29 min |
| May 8, 8:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Taney | 28 min |
| May 8, 8:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas | 43 min |
| May 8, 8:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Webster | 42 min |
| May 8, 8:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Polk | 27 min |
| May 8, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Laclede, Miller, Morgan | 66 min |
| May 8, 8:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas | 42 min |
| May 8, 8:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski | 47 min |
| May 8, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Webster | 60 min |
| May 8, 8:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Webster | 44 min |
| May 8, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon and 1 more | 65 min |
| May 8, 8:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Maries, Miller and 4 more | 63 min |
| May 8, 8:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Laclede | 62 min |
| May 8, 9:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Laclede, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 8, 9:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 5 days |
| May 8, 9:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 5 days |
| May 8, 9:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar | 60 hr |
| May 8, 9:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Wright | 40 min |
| May 8, 9:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Texas | 65 min |
| May 8, 9:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Laclede | 49 min |
| May 8, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Laclede, Ozark, Taney, Texas and 2 more | 57 min |
| May 8, 9:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Texas | 42 min |
| May 8, 9:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas | 52 min |
| May 8, 9:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dent, Howell, Maries, Miller, Oregon and 4 more | 64 min |
| May 8, 10:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent | 43 min |
| May 8, 10:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent | 21 min |
| May 8, 12:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Shannon | 6 hr |
| May 8, 12:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 20 hr |
| May 8, 12:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade and 20 more | 24 hr |
| May 8, 6:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Shannon | 18 hr |
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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.