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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1996, 11:01 AM CDT for Barton County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1996, 11:01 AM CDT (16:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1996, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barton County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 896 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
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.
NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 7, 8:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 8:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 852 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 1996 QUESTIONS INCLUDE SVR WX POTENTIAL...NECESSITY OF FFA OVER SRN 1/4 OF MO AND TEMPS 12Z DATA PLOTS LESS THAN SUFFICIENT FOR ANALYSIS THIS AM WITH MANY DATA POINTS MISSING. WILL DO THE BEST WITH WHAT I HAVE: PROFILERS AND LOCAL SOUNDINGS CONTD TO INDCD MAIN BAND OF WESTERLIES WELL N OF FA AGAIN. 30 TO 40 KT S/SW WINDS AT H8 FUELING MCS OVER KS. SFC FNT ALG KS/OK BORDER ATTM WITH MID/UPR 60S DEWPOINTS OVER ALL OF OK. #1: SVR POTENTIAL. 12Z SGF SOUNDING POINTING TOWARD HEAVY R. MID LEVEL WINDS LESS THAN 20 KTS...PW OF 1.25-1.50...WBZ OF 9500-11000 FEET INDCD LOW-MOD SVR POTENTIAL. STILL...EXPECT TO SEE A FEW ISOLATED SVR TRW TODAY...ESPECIALLY AHEAD OF MCS. TRW DEVELOPING OVER JLN AREA FIT THIS DESCRIPTION. #2: FFA. GIVEN SGF SOUNDING MAY BE A GOOD IDEA TO EXTEND FFA TO INCLUDE JLN/SGF AREAS. FFG LOW ACRS AREA. DON'T THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED TO AR BORDER...BUT NEXT 2 TIERS OF COUNTIES MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA. #3. TEMPS. AGAIN A STRUGGLE. WILL GO WITH CURRENT FORECAST...BUT HAVE TO MONITOR AS AREAS THAT DON'T SEE TRW ACTIVITY...MAINLY ALONG AR BORDER...WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RISE ABOVE 80. MS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 7, 5:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 7, 6:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-072000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 625 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 1996 THE FOLLOWING OUTLOOK CONTAINS INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS BOURBON CHEROKEE CRAWFORD IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI BARRY DALLAS LACLEDE OREGON STONE BARTON DENT LAWRENCE OZARK TANEY BENTON DOUGLAS MARIES PHELPS TEXAS CAMDEN GREENE MCDONALD POLK VERNON CEDAR HICKORY MILLER PULASKI WEBSTER CHRISTIAN HOWELL MORGAN SHANNON WRIGHT DADE JASPER NEWTON ST CLAIR . ...CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING AND MIDDAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION IN MISSOURI TODAY... ANOTHER COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT IN KANSAS AND THIS COMPLEX WILL MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AND AFFECT MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS...SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING AND MIDDAY. IT IS UNCLEAR HOW FAR SOUTH THE STORMS WILL GO...BUT THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS BETWEEN 8 AND NOON AND THEN THAT PART OF MISSOURI ALONG AND NORTH OF A JOPLIN TO SPRINGFIELD TO HARTVILLE LINE DURING THE LATE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOURBON...CRAWFORD AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL NOON TODAY AND ADDITIONAL WATCH BOXES MAY FOLLOW IN MISSOURI LATER THIS MORNING. A WARM FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEAR PITTSBURG TO BOLIVAR TO WEST PLAINS THIS MORNING AND WARM MOIST AIR MOVING NORTH OVER THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO FEED ENERGY INTO THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX AS IT MOVES THROUGH. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED OVER MISSOURI LATER THIS MORNING. RIDDLE
Special weather statement, May 7, 9:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066>068-077>083-088>098-101>106-071625- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 924 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 1996 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY... A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN KANSAS WILL MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING THIS MORNING OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...THE GROUND IS SATURATED IN MANY AREAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PERSONS IN LOW AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND SHOULD HEAVY RAINFALL OCCUR. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OFz SPRINGFIELD...JOPLIN...BRANSON...WEST PLAINS...LEBANON AND BOLIVAR. MS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede | 44 min |
| May 7, 10:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 48 min |
| May 7, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Webster | 47 min |
| May 7, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade | 52 min |
| May 7, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 52 min |
| May 7, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 52 min |
| May 7, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Hickory, Polk, St. Clair | 63 min |
| May 7, 12:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Lawrence | 67 min |
| May 7, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 63 min |
| May 7, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 63 min |
| May 7, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Laclede | 54 min |
| May 7, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 54 min |
| May 7, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller, Pulaski | 60 min |
| May 7, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps | 60 min |
| May 7, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Texas | 55 min |
| May 7, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 67 min |
| May 7, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 43 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1996Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.