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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 346, NWS Springfield, MO

October 17, 1996Maries County, Phelps County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 17, 1996, 1:52 PM CDT for Maries County, Phelps County, Missouri. It was in force for 53 min. 4 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: Oct 17, 1996, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired: Oct 17, 1996, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Maries County, MO, Phelps County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Oct 17, 2:04 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Belle, MO
Oct 17, 2:25 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Newburg, MO
Oct 17, 2:40 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Rolla, MO
Oct 17, 2:48 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	St James, 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 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 212 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 943 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -264 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 424 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 414 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

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 Oct 17, 9:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 17, 9:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 17, 1:03 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-181200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT THU OCT 17 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 OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA AND STRETCHED THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA...WESTERN MISSOURI AND
INTO NORTHERN TEXAS.  THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS THE REGION
FROM WEST TO EAST FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON.

THERE IS A NARROW BAND OF MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE FRONT THAT COULD
PRODUCE A FEW SHOWERS IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA. HOWEVER...
POINTS EAST OF SPRINGFIELD WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE...ESPECIALLY
EAST OF A WEST PLAINS TO SALEM LINE.  THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS
WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE.

THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 30S FOR FRIDAY MORNING. DUE TO WINDS
IN THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE...ONLY LIGHT SCATTERED F\ROST IS EXPECTED.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR
AREAS EAST OF SPRINGFIELD.

SHUMWAY

Special weather statement, Oct 17, 1:42 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

MOZ058-070-071-082-083-092-096>098-104>106-180045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
140 PM CDT THU OCT 17 1996

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8 PM CDT...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON
AND IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A
LINE FROM BRANSON...TO HARTVILLE...TO VIENNA. A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED FROM NEAR TUSCUMBIA TO LEBANON AND WERE
MOVING EAST. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND CONTINUE TO MOVE
THROUGH THE REST OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. THE COUNTIES INCLUDING IN THE WATCH
ARE
MARIES...PHELPS...DENT...SHANNON...OREGON...HOWELL...TEXAS...PULASKI...
WRIGHT...DOUGLAS...OZARK...TANEY.

THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE EAST OF THE COLD FRONT...THEREFORE
SPOTTERS SHOULD BE ON NOTICE FOR ACTIVATION.

TAGGART

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 17, 1:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Pulaski	40 min
Oct 17, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Pulaski	45 min
Oct 17, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps	45 min
Oct 17, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	64 min
Oct 17, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Texas, Wright	56 min
Oct 17, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Ozark	61 min
Oct 17, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	62 min
Oct 17, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Texas	62 min
Oct 17, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	50 min
Oct 17, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	50 min
Oct 17, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	48 min

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.