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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Springfield, MO

April 3, 1999Oregon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1999, 5:06 PM CST for Oregon County, Missouri. It was in force for 64 min. 2 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: Apr 3, 1999, 5:06 PM CST (23:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 1999, 6:10 PM CST
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

County Oregon County, MO

The radar

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 3, 5:15 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Thayer, MO
Apr 3, 5:30 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Thayer, 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
Apr 3, 2:00 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

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 Apr 3, 3:57 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 3:57 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
357 PM CST SAT APR 3 1999

FORECAST ISSUES: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL EARLY THIS EVENING
AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

LINE OF SEVERE STORMS PLOWING THROUGH SC MO WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS
OF DAMAGE. THIS LOOKS TO BE THE MAIN EVENT IN THE ACTION WITH
RESIDUAL RAIN IN ITS WAKE.  EXPECT FRONT IN ERN KS TO PUSH ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE EVENING.

WITH PREVIOUS RAIN TODAY AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WITH ONGOING
CONVECTION WILL KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOING FOR SC MO THIS
EVENING.  DRIER WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE TNGT RESULTING IN A
BREAK SUNDAY.

NEXT SHORTWAVE SWINGS AROUND THE BROAD WRN TROUGH INTO THE SRN
PLAINS BY MON MRNG.  STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION SETS UP EARLY MONDAY
AND EXPECT DEVELOPMENT OF PRECIPITATION BY MORNING MON.

CCF (CCF FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY)

SGF UT 050/068 052/068 051 116037
JLN UT 049/069 053/069 052 114037
VIH UT 049/067 051/068 051 118037
UNO UT 051/068 052/069 052 11+037

FOSTER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 12:06 PM CST, 5 hours before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 4:42 PM CST, 24 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-040000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
442 PM CST SAT APR 3 1999

...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

CHRISTIAN      STONE        TANEY      LACLEDE
WEBSTER        WRIGHT       OZARK      DOUGLAS

...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI COUNTIES...

TEXAS          DENT         OREGON
HOWELL         SHANNON

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE THE GREATEST THREAT
FROM THESE STORMS.

HEAVY RAIN PRODUCED BY THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.

STAYED TUNED FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

FOSTER

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 4:42 PM CST, 24 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-040000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
442 PM CST SAT APR 3 1999

...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

CHRISTIAN      STONE        TANEY      LACLEDE
WEBSTER        WRIGHT       OZARK      DOUGLAS

...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI COUNTIES...

TEXAS          DENT         OREGON
HOWELL         SHANNON

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE THE GREATEST THREAT
FROM THESE STORMS.

HEAVY RAIN PRODUCED BY THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.

STAYED TUNED FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

FOSTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 12:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian	47 min
Apr 3, 5:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas, Wright	45 min
Apr 3, 6:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	47 min
Apr 3, 6:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone	49 min
Apr 3, 7:14 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Stone	3 hr
Apr 3, 7:36 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian	3 hr
Apr 3, 10:21 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Stone	4 hr
Apr 3, 1:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	49 min
Apr 3, 2:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Stone	34 min
Apr 3, 2:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Taney	32 min
Apr 3, 2:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian	61 min
Apr 3, 2:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian	59 min
Apr 3, 2:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Taney	35 min
Apr 3, 2:56 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone, Taney	4 hr
Apr 3, 2:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Webster	49 min
Apr 3, 3:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	62 min
Apr 3, 3:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	62 min
Apr 3, 3:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	63 min
Apr 3, 3:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede, Texas	65 min
Apr 3, 4:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Ozark	65 min
Apr 3, 4:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	47 min
Apr 3, 4:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	63 min
Apr 3, 5:12 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Oregon	4 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.