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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Springfield, MO

November 10, 1998Christian County, Douglas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 1:29 AM CST for Christian County, Douglas County, Missouri. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report 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: Nov 10, 1998, 1:29 AM CST (07:29 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 1998, 2:35 AM CST
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Christian County, MO, Douglas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:28 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 10, 1:45 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Sparta, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 9, 11:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 85 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: 16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -341 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 505 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 565 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 100729 RRA
SVRSGF
MOC043-067-131-229-100835-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
129 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 235 AM CST

* AT 127 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE
  OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL THE
  SIZE OF QUARTERS.  THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM BETWEEN VERSAILLES
  AND OSAGE BEACH TO CAMDENTON...MARSHFIELD AND BRANSON AND WERE
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TUSCUMBIA BY 140 AM
  HARTVILLE BY 150 AM
  AVA BY 145 AM

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN OFTEN BE AS DESTRUCTIVE AS
A TORNADO.  FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL SAFETY...MOVE TO A SAFE AREA OR
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

SUTTON/TAGGART

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 Nov 9, 3:00 PM CST, 10 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 3:00 PM CST, 10 hours 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
300 PM CST MON NOV 9 1998

FCST PROBLEMS TODAY DEAL WITH SVR WX POTENTIAL...FLOODING...HIGH
WINDS AND TEMPS.

THINGS SHAPING UP FOR AN ACTIVE NGT ACRS THE CWA. STRONG SLY WND
FLOW CONTS TO BRINGS WARM...MOIST AIR NWD INTO THE FA. WRMFNT STILL
WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA ATTM ACRS CNTRL AR. STRONG LOW PRESSURE CONTS
TO DVLP ACRS WRN PLAINS...WITH IMPRESSIVE PRESSURE FALLS NOTED ACRS
WRN KS AND OK.

MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT TODAY IN OVERALL FEATURES THRU THE PD.
STILL PREFER THE ETA SOLUTION AGAIN TODAY FOR THIS FCST. MAIN UPR
TROF FCST TO SHIFT EWD THRU 48 HRS. UPR SYS TAKES ON MORE NEGATIVE
TILT TNGT AS SIG UPR JET MAX ROTATES ARND TROF. 300MB JET MAX IN
EXCESS OF 130KTS IS FCST TO PASS ACRS THE AREA OVRNGT. THIS COMBINED
WITH STRONG LOW AND MID LVL WNDS WL PRODUCE IMPRESSIVE HELICITY
VALUES ACRS THE FA TNGT. GRIDDED DATA INDCD VALUES IN EXCESS OF 600
M*2/S*2 OVR SERN MO BY 06Z TNGT.

WITH ALL THIS IN MIND...EXPECT CONVECTION TO FIRE ACRS KS AND OK
THIS EVENING. ACTIVITY WL APCH OUR WRN CWA ARND 03Z AND SHIFT
RAPIDLY EWD. CDFNT EXPECTED TO REACH KJLN ARND 08Z AND INTO KSGF
ARND 10Z. WL CONT WITH HIGH POPS. EVEN THOUGH SYS WL BE MOVG FAIRLY
RAPIDLY... FLASH FLOOD THREAT WL CONT. THUS...WL KEEP FFA IN PLACE
FOR TNGT. WITH SUCH A STRONG SFC SYS...VERY STRONG WNDS WL OCCUR
BEHIND THE FNT LATE TNGT AND TUE. AFTER COORD WITH STL...WL ISSUE A
HIGH WND ADVY FOR LATE TNGT AND TUE FOR ALL CWFA.

CHCS FOR RAINFALL WL PERSIST EARLY TUE ACRS ROUGHLY THE ERN HALF OF
THE FA. WL NOT MENTION POPS FM KJLN WESTWARD. MUCH COOLER AIR
WL FILTER INTO THE AREA LATER TNGT AND TUE.

TEMPS ARE A NIGHTMARE FOR THIS FCST. LIKELY TO SEE MOST AREAS WITH
STEADY OR SLOWLY RISING TEMPS UNTIL FNT ARRIVES LATER TNGT. MOST
AREAS WL SEE THEIR HIGH TEMPS REACHED EARLY IN THE DAY ON TUE...WITH
READINGS FALLING AS THE DAY GOES ON. FOR NOW...PREFER AVN/ETA 2M
TEMPS FOR ALL PDS. READINGS MAY NOT GET QUITE AS COLD TUE NGT
WITH SOME LINGERINGS CLDS AND WNDS.

THANKS FOR COORD STL AND LIT.

RECCOMNEDATIONS FOR COORDINATION AND GUIDANCE ONLY...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT SGF/AIZ/JLN/SERN KS...
...HIGH WIND ADVISORY LATE TNGT AND TUESDAY ALL AREAS...

SE KS/JLN...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT...
TONIGHT...WINDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. LOW FROM 45 TO 50. SOUTH WIND 20
TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY...SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND INCREASING TO 30 TO 40
MPH AND GUSTY LATE.

SGF/AIZ...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT...
TONIGHT...WINDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. LOW AROUND 50. SOUTH WIND 20
TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY...SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND INCREASING TO 30 TO 40
MPH AND GUSTY LATE.

VIH/UNO...
TONIGHT...WINDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES HOLDING STEAxDY OR
SLOWLY RISING. SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY...SHIFTING TO THE
WEST AND INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTY LATE.

CCF INFO
SGF NB 050/053 033/056 037 09+30
JLN NB 045/049 031/057 038 09+10

RICKARD/GORDON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 9, 10:44 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-100745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1044 PM CST MON NOV 9 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM FOR SOUTHEAST
KANSAS ALONG WITH SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY FOR ALL OF THE
MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 1039 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS
NEAR FORT SCOTT INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BETWEEN TULSA AND OKLAHOMA
CITY. THE BAND OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL
STORMS WITHIN THE LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 886 HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR LOCATIONS
ALONG AND WEST OF A VIENNA TO WAYNESVILLE...HARTVILLE AND GAINESVILLE
LINE. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SPRINGFIELD...JOPLIN...BRANSON
...CAMDENTON...NEVADA AND NEOSHO. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH
ARE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...WITH HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER ALSO POSSIBLE.

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE LINE OF STORMS WITH ONE TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUED IN
EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A TUSCUMBIA TO
MARSHFIELD AND BRANSON LINE.

SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH CONTINUED AHEAD OF
THE LINE OF STORMS. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE
MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING
SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

SUTTON

Special weather statement, Nov 9, 10:44 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-100745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1044 PM CST MON NOV 9 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM FOR SOUTHEAST
KANSAS ALONG WITH SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY FOR ALL OF THE
MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 1039 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS
NEAR FORT SCOTT INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BETWEEN TULSA AND OKLAHOMA
CITY. THE BAND OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL
STORMS WITHIN THE LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 886 HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR LOCATIONS
ALONG AND WEST OF A VIENNA TO WAYNESVILLE...HARTVILLE AND GAINESVILLE
LINE. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SPRINGFIELD...JOPLIN...BRANSON
...CAMDENTON...NEVADA AND NEOSHO. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH
ARE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...WITH HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER ALSO POSSIBLE.

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE LINE OF STORMS WITH ONE TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUED IN
EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A TUSCUMBIA TO
MARSHFIELD AND BRANSON LINE.

SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH CONTINUED AHEAD OF
THE LINE OF STORMS. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE
MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING
SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

SUTTON

Local storm report, Nov 10, 1:06 AM CST, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
206 AM CDT TUE NOV 10 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1125 PM    2 SE JOPLIN               MO    WIND DAMAGE-TREES DOWN
11/09/98   NEWTON

1130 PM    SENECA                    MO    WIND DAMAGE-TREES DOWN
11/09/98   NEWTON

1136 PM    (JLN)JOPLIN MUNI ARPT     MO    60 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   JASPER

1155 PM    1 E LEBANON               MO     FUNNEL CLOUD
11/09/98   LACLEDE

1159 PM    5 W GOLDEN CITY           MO    .88 INCH HAIL
11/09/98   BARTON

1159 PM    5 W GOLDEN CITY           MO    65 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   BARTON

1212 AM    2 NE LAMAR                MO    WIND DAMAGE-BARNS DESTROYED
11/10/98   BARTON                          POWER POLES SNAPPED AT BASE
                                           TREES DOWN

1245 AM    BILLINGS                  MO    .75 INCH HAIL AND 53 MPH
11/10/98   LAWRENCE                        WIND GUST

Local storm report, Nov 10, 1:06 AM CST, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
106 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1125 PM    2 SE JOPLIN               MO    WIND DAMAGE-TREES DOWN
11/09/98   NEWTON

1130 PM    SENECA                    MO    WIND DAMAGE-TREES DOWN
11/09/98   NEWTON

1136 PM    (JLN)JOPLIN MUNI ARPT     MO    60 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   JASPER

1155 PM    1 E LEBANON               MO     FUNNEL CLOUD
11/09/98   LACLEDE

1159 PM    5 W GOLDEN CITY           MO    .88 INCH HAIL
11/09/98   BARTON

1159 PM    5 W GOLDEN CITY           MO    65 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   BARTON

1212 AM    2 NE LAMAR                MO    WIND DAMAGE-BARNS DESTROYED
11/10/98   BARTON                          POWER POLES SNAPPED AT BASE
                                           TREES DOWN

1245 AM    BILLINGS                  MO    .75 INCH HAIL AND 53 MPH
11/10/98   LAWRENCE                        WIND GUST

Local storm report, Nov 10, 1:06 AM CST, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
206 AM CDT TUE NOV 10 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1125 PM    2 SE JOPLIN               MO    WIND DAMAGE-TREES DOWN
11/09/98   NEWTON

1130 PM    SENECA                    MO    WIND DAMAGE-TREES DOWN
11/09/98   NEWTON

1136 PM    (JLN)JOPLIN MUNI ARPT     MO    60 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   JASPER

1155 PM    1 E LEBANON               MO     FUNNEL CLOUD
11/09/98   LACLEDE

1159 PM    5 W GOLDEN CITY           MO    .88 INCH HAIL
11/09/98   BARTON

1159 PM    5 W GOLDEN CITY           MO    65 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   BARTON

1212 AM    2 NE LAMAR                MO    WIND DAMAGE-BARNS DESTROYED
11/10/98   BARTON                          POWER POLES SNAPPED AT BASE
                                           TREES DOWN

1245 AM    BILLINGS                  MO    .75 INCH HAIL AND 53 MPH
11/10/98   LAWRENCE                        WIND GUST

Local storm report, Nov 10, 1:06 AM CST, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
106 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1125 PM    2 SE JOPLIN               MO    WIND DAMAGE-TREES DOWN
11/09/98   NEWTON

1130 PM    SENECA                    MO    WIND DAMAGE-TREES DOWN
11/09/98   NEWTON

1136 PM    (JLN)JOPLIN MUNI ARPT     MO    60 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   JASPER

1155 PM    1 E LEBANON               MO     FUNNEL CLOUD
11/09/98   LACLEDE

1159 PM    5 W GOLDEN CITY           MO    .88 INCH HAIL
11/09/98   BARTON

1159 PM    5 W GOLDEN CITY           MO    65 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   BARTON

1212 AM    2 NE LAMAR                MO    WIND DAMAGE-BARNS DESTROYED
11/10/98   BARTON                          POWER POLES SNAPPED AT BASE
                                           TREES DOWN

1245 AM    BILLINGS                  MO    .75 INCH HAIL AND 53 MPH
11/10/98   LAWRENCE                        WIND GUST

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 9, 11:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Greene	33 min
Nov 9, 11:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Vernon	64 min
Nov 9, 11:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	64 min
Nov 9, 11:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede	35 min
Nov 9, 11:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden	33 min
Nov 10, 12:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence	66 min
Nov 10, 12:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, St. Clair	66 min
Nov 10, 12:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller, Pulaski	31 min
Nov 10, 12:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone	63 min
Nov 10, 12:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Hickory, Polk	63 min
Nov 10, 12:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	63 min
Nov 10, 12:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Taney	66 min
Nov 10, 12:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Webster	66 min
Nov 10, 12:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	66 min
Nov 10, 1:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	66 min
Nov 10, 1:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	66 min
Nov 10, 1:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas	66 min
Nov 10, 1:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	66 min
Nov 10, 2:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas	34 min
Nov 10, 2:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps, Texas	65 min
Nov 10, 2:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Ozark	65 min
Nov 10, 3:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	64 min
Nov 10, 3:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell	47 min
Nov 10, 3:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	63 min
Nov 10, 4:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1998 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.