Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Springfield, MO

November 22, 1999Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 1999, 10:04 PM CST for Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 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 22, 1999, 10:04 PM CST (04:04 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 1999, 10:45 PM CST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 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
Nov 22, 10:25 PM CSTHail 0.75Neosho, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 22, 5:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Nov 22, 9:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 1999-11-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 300 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1999-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1007 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.0

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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
Nov 22, 10:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon51 min
Nov 22, 10:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper48 min
Nov 22, 8:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.