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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Springfield, MO

April 26, 1998Christian County, Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1998, 10:51 AM CDT for Christian County, Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 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: Apr 26, 1998, 10:51 AM CDT (15:51 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 1998, 11:25 AM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Christian County, MO, Stone County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 43 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: 67 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 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 261552
SVRSGF
MOC043-209-261625-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1051 AM CDT SUN APR 26 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  EASTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1125 AM CDT

* AT 1050 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
  OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF GALENA AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM(S) WILL BE NEAR...
  ABESVILLE BY 1055AM
  SPOKANE BY 1105 AM

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.  THE HEAVY RAIN MAY
CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO DEVELOP IN URBAN AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

JT/SS

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 Apr 26, 2:12 AM CDT, 8 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 2:12 AM CDT, 8 hours 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
212 AM CDT SUN APR 26 1998

MIDNIGHT SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS CDFNT INTO W PERIPHERY OF CWA WITH LINE
OF SHRA/TSRA ALONG AND AHEAD OF CDFNT.  SFC LOW ANALYZED ACROSS IA
WITH ANOTHER NEW LOW DEVELOPING IN THE PANHANDLE OF TX.  WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY SHOWS SHRTWV ACROSS IA AND S STREAM ENERGY ACROSS ARIZONA.
00Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS SHOWS SPLIT FLOW ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL U.S.
WITH RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS CENTRAL CANADA EH.  SOUTHERN STREAM ENERGY
WILL BE THE ONE TO FOCUS ON DURING THE UPCOMING 48 HOUR PD AS IT
STRENGTHENS SFC LOW AND MOVES INTO THE MS VLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY.

GOING WITH A COMPROMISE OF THE ETA/NGM POSITION OF SFC FEATURE.
STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AVN 48 HOUR SFC POSITION.  FRONTAL
BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE S PTN AS LOW
DEVELOPS IN THE PANHANDLE.  TEMP FCST WILL BE TRICKY BUT MY NUMBERS
ARE BASED ON FRONT NOT MOVING MUCH ACROSS MY CWA TDA.  SO WILL GO
ABOVE GUIDANCE IN JLN AND CLOSE TO GUIDANCE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
CWA.  BELIEVE MAIN PCPN WILL BE TO THE S AHEAD OF SFC FEATURE...AND
GRADUALLY SPREAD N INTO S MO IN THE EVE AND OVERNIGHT AS UPR LVL
ENERGY SPREADS NE AND SFC LOW PUSHES TO THE E INTO OK.  MAY NEED TO
SPLIT E CWA INTO MORNING/AFTERNOON WORDING TDA WITH CURRENT
CONVECTION. WILL DISCUSS THAT LATER IN COORDINATION CALL.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TDA (PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE FOR COORDINATION)
SGF...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.  HIGH AROUND 70.  SOUTH WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
JLN...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.  HIGH 70 TO 75.  SOUTH WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
UNO...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.  HIGH 70 TO 75.  SOUTH WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
VIH/AIZ...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.  HIGH 70 TO 75.  SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND AROUND 10 MPH.

CCF
SGF ET 071/053 059/047 060 05478
JLN ET 074/054 061/048 062 05488

LINDENBERG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI
854 AM CDT SUN APR 26 1998

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

0820 AM    ANDERSON                  MO   .88 INCH HAIL
04/26/98   MCDONALD

0830 AM    BUNKER HILL               MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/26/98   OR 5 MILES EAST                DIME HAIL WAS COVERING
           OF ANDERSON                    GROUND
           MCDONALD

0845 AM    TIFF CITY                 MO   .88 INCH HAIL
04/26/98   MCDONALD

TAGGART

Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI
854 AM CDT SUN APR 26 1998

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

0820 AM    ANDERSON                  MO   .88 INCH HAIL
04/26/98   MCDONALD

0830 AM    BUNKER HILL               MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/26/98   OR 5 MILES EAST                DIME HAIL WAS COVERING
           OF ANDERSON                    GROUND
           MCDONALD

0845 AM    TIFF CITY                 MO   .88 INCH HAIL
04/26/98   MCDONALD

TAGGART

Local storm report, Apr 26, 9:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI
927 AM CDT SUN APR 26 1998

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

0906 AM    2 N RIDGLEY               MO    .75 INCH HAIL
04/26/98   BARRY

taggart

Local storm report, Apr 26, 9:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI
943 AM CDT SUN APR 26 1998

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

0922 AM    BUTTERFIELD               MO    1.25 INCH HAIL
04/26/98   BARRY

TAGGART

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 7:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	64 min
Apr 26, 8:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald	66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.