Tornadoes · United States · Missouri · 2007

EF0 tornado, Notch, Missouri, October 2, 2007

Name: EF0 tornado, Notch, Missouri, October 2, 2007
Start: 2007-10-03T02:05:00.000Z
Location: Notch, Missouri

This EF0 tornado ran 0.1 miles across Stone County on October 2, 2007, touching down at 9:05 PM CDT and reaching 25 yards wide. It killed nobody, and did $10,000 of property damage.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

EF065 to 85 mphthis tornado
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

The record

Rating: EF0
Date: October 2, 2007
Touchdown: 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
Path length: 0.1 miles (0.2 km)
Path width: 25 yards (23 m)
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
County: Stone County
Touchdown point: 36.630, -93.340
Lift-off point: 36.630, -93.340
Record number: 0710022005-01

What the Weather Service recorded

A moderately strong shortwave moved from the plains into the upper midwest. An associated cold front moved across the Ozarks during the evening and overnight hours of October 2, 2007. Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed in response to this system producing mainly periods of heavy rain. However, one storm produced a tornado over Table Rock Lake at Indian Point.

A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that a weak EF-0 tornado briefly touched down on the eastern shore of the Indian Point Peninsula. The tornado destroyed a boat dock.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Oct 2, 6:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 6:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
645 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007

...SEVERE WEATHER UPDATE...

.UPDATE...
WHILE RADAR REFLECTIVITY DOESNT LOOK ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE...0-1KM
STORM RELATIVE HELICITY OF 200-250 M2/S2 IS PRESENT OVER WEST-SW
MO/SE KS  AND EVEN WEAK TO MODERATE UPDRAFTS ARE SHOWING ROTATION OF
VARYING DEGREES AND DEPTH. MORE IMPRESSIVE CLUSTER OF STORMS IS
OCCURRING ALONG THE OK/KS/MO STATE LINES. STILL SOME DECENT
INSTABILITY OVER SOUTHWEST MO INTO NORTHEAST OK WHERE RUC DERIVED
MLCAPES REACH 1500 J/KG. CELL IN NORTHEAST OK SHOULD REMAIN IN A
FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR A POSSIBLE WIND THREAT AND WILL NEED TO
WATCH THE POTENTIAL FOR ROTATION.

IMMEDIATE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT LOOKS TO BE CONFINED TO EXTREME SW
MO WHERE WE MAY SEE SOME BRIEF STORM TRAINING. NARROW CORRIDOR OF
DEEP MOISTURE (PWATS POSSIBLY +2.0 INCHES) ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF
THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL FAVOR EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS. DSA

&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...

SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - THURSDAY)...
LOOKS AS THOUGH 100 POPS WILL PAN OUT NICELY OVER MOST LOCATIONS
TONIGHT.  ONGOING FORECAST HAS THIS REPRESENTED WELL...AND LITTLE
CHANGE WILL BE NEEDED TO THIS GRID.  THE WRF CONTINUES TO THE BE THE
MODEL OF CHOICE WITH THE TIMING OF THE FRONT...AND WILL FOLLOW THIS
SOLUTION CLOSELY.  THE LOCAL WRF SUGGESTS THAT THE FRONT WILL
APPROACH THE SPRINGFIELD AREA AROUND 8 OR 9 PM...EVENTUALLY EXITING
THE CWA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

BEHIND THE FRONT...A DRIER CONTINENTAL AIRMASS WILL SPREAD IN.  THIS
DRIER AIRMASS ALONG WITH THE LOSS OF CLOUD COVER SHOULD COOL
TEMPERATURES BACK DOWN INTO THE 50S BY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
LOWER 60S WILL MATERIALIZE OVER BY WEST PLAINS IN ANTICIPATION THAT
CLOUD COVER CONTINUES THROUGH THE NIGHT IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.
AGAIN...RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY EXIT SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY 12Z.

FOR TOMORROW...A VERY PLEASANT AND QUIET DAY IS ON TAP.  HIGH
PRESSURE FEEDING LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS INTO THE REGION WILL CREATE
SUNNY SKIES AND AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER
80S.  THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE QUICKLY REMOVED AS ITS
FORCED EAST OF THE OZARKS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  IN
RESPONSE...SOUTHERLY WINDS RETURN...WHICH WILL BEGIN A WARMING TREND
INTO THE WEEKEND.  AS A MATTER OF FACT...TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER
80S IS LIKELY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER SE KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN
MISSOURI.  OTHER LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE MID 80S ON THURSDAY.  NO
PRECIP IS EXPECTED EITHER WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAYS DAY PERIODS.

CRAMER

LONG TERM (FRIDAY - TUESDAY)...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE SHIFTING OFF TO THE EAST ON FRIDAY...PROVIDING
FOR A RETURN OF SOUTHERLY WINDS AND GULF MOISTURE. BY SATURDAY...A
DECENT CYCLONE FORMS OVER WESTERN KANSAS...INCREASING THE SOUTHERLY
FLOW...MOISTURE...AND INSTABILITY. THIS WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE FOR A
FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP...PARTICULARLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS MOISTURE FLOW MAY BE AMPLIFIED BY A TROPICAL
SYSTEM MOVING TOWARD THE TEXAS/LOUISIANA AREA OVER THE PERIOD.
HOWEVER...THE GFS IS NOT SHOWING THIS SYSTEM WILL BE AS MUCH OF AN
INFLUENCE AS THE ECMWF IS CURRENTLY INDICATING. AT THIS POINT THE
CONSENSUS WAS TO INCREASE POPS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME AFTERNOON
DEVELOPMENT.

TIMING OF THIS WEEKENDS WEATHER SYSTEM HAS SLOWED ONCE AGAIN. THE
GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE IS SOME MODEL AGREEMENT ON THE TIMING TODAY.
THE GFS DOES STILL INDICATE A PATH MORE TO THE NORTH BUT THE ECMWF
STILL SEEMS TO HAVE A GOOD SOLUTION IN COMPARISON. IT APPEARS THAT
THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL NOT MOVE IN TO OUR WESTERN CWA UNTIL SUNDAY
EVENING SO I HAVE GONE AHEAD AND INCREASED SUNDAY HIGHS. POPS HAVE
ALSO BEEN SHIFTED TO COMPENSATE FOR THE CHANGE IN FRONTAL TIMING.
DECIDED TO KEEP AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN
FRONT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE AIR MASS THUNDERSTORMS
DURING THE AFTERNOON ON SUNDAY. BEHIND THE SYSTEM...VERY DRY AIR
WILL MOVE IN WITH COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES. THE GFS DOES INDICATE
THAT THIS FRONT MAY STALL OUT IN THE VICINITY OF OUR CWA SO IT DOES
WARRANT OBSERVATION IN FUTURE FORECASTS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT POPS
SHOULD BE ADDED FOR TUESDAY. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THE DYNAMIC
NATURE OF THE SYSTEM SHOULD PULL THE FRONT WELL THROUGH THE AREA.

BARJENBRUCH

&&

.AVIATION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE JOPLIN AND
SPRINGFIELD TERMINALS THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM
THE WEST. THE STORMS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF MVFR CEILINGS NEAR 2500
FEET AND VISIBILITIES OF 3 TO 5 MILES. LOCALIZED IFR VISIBILITIES
NEAR ONE MILE WILL OCCUR IN THE STRONGER STORMS. THE STORMS WILL END
FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS WITH THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

FOSTER

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.

KS...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 2, 8:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
800 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-031800-
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
800 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH A FEW SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...LOCALIZED FLOODING...AND A
  A SMALL RISK FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROGRESS EAST ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS INTO
  THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

  DISCUSSION:

   A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER THIS EVENING
   ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
   ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED...SUFFICIENT WIND SHEAR
   WILL SUPPORT THE POSSIBILITY OF A SEVERE STORM WITH DAMAGING
   WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER
   WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE
   POSSIBLE WHERE STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

 ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL SWING THROUGH THE MIDWEST DURING THE
 WEEKEND BRINGING ADDITIONAL CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
 AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGH
 THE EVENING HOURS.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)

CRAMER/FOSTER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 2, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
706 PM CDT TUE OCT 02 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0705 PM     HAIL             5 E SHELDON             37.66N 94.20W
10/02/2007  E0.75 INCH       VERNON             MO   AIRPLANE PILOT

&&

HATCH

Local storm report, Oct 2, 7:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
717 PM CDT TUE OCT 02 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0705 PM     HAIL             5 E SHELDON             37.66N 94.20W
10/02/2007  E0.75 INCH       VERNON             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

HATCH

Local storm report, Oct 2, 8:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
804 PM CDT TUE OCT 02 2007

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 PM     WALL CLOUD       2 N JASPER              37.36N  94.30W
10/02/2007                   BARTON             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RAIN FREE BASE AND WALL CLOUD WITH SLIGHT ROTATION

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00001

JSS

Local storm report, Oct 2, 8:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
804 PM CDT TUE OCT 02 2007

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 PM     WALL CLOUD       2 N JASPER              37.36N  94.30W
10/02/2007                   BARTON             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RAIN FREE BASE AND WALL CLOUD WITH SLIGHT ROTATION

&&

JSS

Local storm report, Oct 2, 8:43 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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The surface observations

Harrison/Boone Co. (HRO), 44 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

Time (UTC)	Temp (°F)	Dew point (°F)	Wind	Gust (kt)	Pressure (mb)	Weather
00:00 UTC

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 02:02 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track

Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

This ground now

The live radar over the track Every 2007 tornado in Missouri Every tornado in Missouri since 1950 Warnings in force in Missouri now The forecast where you are

The other tornadoes of October 2, 2007

14 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
October 2	4:25 PM CDT	EF1	Scotland, MO	0.8	210		$11,000
October 2	4:40 PM CDT	EF1	Polk, IA	0.4	20		$75,000
October 2	4:45 PM CDT	EF2	Monroe, MO	15.1	100	1	$60,000
October 2	5:14 PM CDT	EF0	Marion, MO	1.2	50
October 2	5:29 PM CDT	EF1	Marion, MO	3.8	100	1	$100,000
October 2	5:30 PM CDT	EF0	Marion, MO	0.7	60		$50,000
October 2	5:35 PM CDT	EF0	Marion, MO	0.5	40
October 2	5:35 PM CDT	EF1	Wayne, IA	0.9	20		$100,000
October 2	5:53 PM CDT	EF0	Mahaska, IA	3.2	25
October 2	5:55 PM CDT	EF0	Mahaska, IA	0.5	20
October 2	5:55 PM CDT	EF0	Adams, IL	0.0	40
October 2	6:17 PM CDT	EF0	Montgomery, MO	2.1	40		$50,000
October 2	6:35 PM CDT	EF1	Keokuk, IA	1.0	100		$75,000
October 2	7:18 PM CDT	EF0	Lincoln, MO	0.1	30

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.