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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

March 14, 1996Benton County, Camden County, Hickory County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 1996, 12:58 PM CST for Benton County, Camden County, Hickory County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 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
Mar 14, 1996, 12:58 PM CST (18:58 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 1996, 1:45 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Hickory County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1996-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 574 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1996-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
574 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-245 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KSGF 141859 RRA
SVRSGF
MOC015-029-085-141945-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1258 PM CST THU MAR 14 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...BENTON COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN HICKORY COUNTY
 
AT 1256 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDESTORM BETWEEN HERMITAGE
AND QUINCY IN HICKORY COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL
AFFECT THE CROSS TIMBERS AREA BY 105 PM AND THE EDWARDS AND CLIMAX
SPRINGS AREA BY 120 PM.
 
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL TO QUARTER SIZE AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
GAEDE/RIDDLE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 11:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon30 min
Mar 14, 11:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, St. Clair, Vernon63 min
Mar 14, 12:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory34 min
Mar 14, 5:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence45 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.