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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Springfield, MO

June 18, 1996Douglas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1996, 7:46 PM CDT for Douglas 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
Jun 18, 1996, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1996, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Douglas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 328 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1996-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2781 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1996-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2781 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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 
TTAA00 KSGF 190048
SVRSGF
MOC067-190130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
746 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...DOUGLAS COUNTY
 
AT 745 PM...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
ROME TO AVA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WINDS OF 60 MPH.
 
WINDS TO 55 MPH WERE REPORTED BY DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE IN AVA
AT 744 PM.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
DTR/DG
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Vernon62 min
Jun 18, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark, Taney65 min
Jun 18, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper67 min
Jun 18, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Shannon, Texas47 min
Jun 18, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade42 min
Jun 18, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence, Newton57 min
Jun 18, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone42 min
Jun 18, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone62 min
Jun 18, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney56 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.