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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Springfield, MO

December 3, 1999Dade County, Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 3, 1999, 9:53 PM CST for Dade County, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 min. 3 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
Dec 3, 1999, 9:53 PM CST (03:53 UTC)
Expired
Dec 3, 1999, 10:45 PM CST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dade County, MO, Lawrence County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 3, 10:05 PM CSTHail 0.75Bowers Mill, MO
Dec 3, 10:35 PM CSTHail 1.75Miller, MO
Dec 3, 10:45 PM CSTHail 0.88Pennsboro, 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
Dec 3, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 1999-12-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 1999-12-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1329 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 040355 RRA
SVRSGF
MOC057-109-040445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
953 PM CST FRI DEC 3 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 1045 PM CST.

* AT 949 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...OR NEAR SARCOXIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF
  QUARTERS...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   MOUNT VERNON BY 1020 PM CST.
   MILLER BY 1025 PM CST.
   EVERTON BY 1040 PM CST.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

LINDENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 3, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton45 min
Dec 3, 9:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper42 min
Dec 3, 9:24 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFJasper, Newton36 min
Dec 3, 9:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon52 min
Dec 3, 9:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton45 min
Dec 3, 10:01 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFLawrence44 min
Dec 3, 10:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton51 min
Dec 3, 10:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper43 min
Dec 3, 10:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade50 min
Dec 3, 10:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory, Polk46 min
Dec 3, 10:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton51 min
Dec 3, 11:05 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFGreene, Polk50 min
Dec 3, 11:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence49 min
Dec 3, 11:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller39 min
Dec 3, 11:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade46 min
Dec 3, 11:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Polk53 min
Dec 4, 12:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence41 min
Dec 4, 12:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller47 min
Dec 4, 12:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton43 min
Dec 4, 1:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence, Newton3 hr
Dec 4, 1:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDade3 hr
Dec 4, 7:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade30 min
Dec 4, 9:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton50 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.