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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Springfield, MO

May 2, 1996Wright County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 1996, 7:50 PM CDT for Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 1996, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 1996, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

County Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 2, 8:44 PM CDT	Hail 1	Mountain Grove, MO

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 7:31 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Greene, Webster	69 min
May 2, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark, Taney	48 min
May 2, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Polk	40 min
May 2, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark	58 min
May 2, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede	60 min
May 2, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Texas	64 min
May 2, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	64 min
May 2, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Shannon, Texas	63 min
May 2, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	49 min
May 2, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Pulaski	43 min
May 2, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	38 min
May 2, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Pulaski	38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.