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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Springfield, MO

July 29, 1996Cedar County, Dade County, Polk County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1996, 12:45 AM CDT for Cedar County, Dade County, Polk County, Missouri. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports 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
Jul 29, 1996, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 1996, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Polk County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:45 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 29, 12:50 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Arcola, MO
Jul 29, 1:00 AM CDTThunderstorm WindAldrich, 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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 00:00Z on 1996-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1526 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1996-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1526 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Vernon53 min
Jul 29, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair40 min
Jul 29, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory50 min
Jul 29, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Polk60 min
Jul 29, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps, Pulaski55 min
Jul 29, 4:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede48 min
Jul 29, 9:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Morgan64 min
Jul 29, 9:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Hickory, Miller66 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.