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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Springfield, MO

May 24, 2000Greene County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2000, 8:10 PM CDT for Greene County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2000, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Greene County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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
May 24, 8:11 PM CDTHail 0.88Springfield, MO
May 24, 8:25 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ESpringfield, 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
May 24, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 2000-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 606 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2000-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 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
606 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-255 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

779 
WUUS53 KSGF 250110
SVRSGF
MOC077-250200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
810 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WILLARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
  QUARTERS...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   SPRINGFIELD BY 815 PM CDT.
   STRAFFORD BY 820 PM CDT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS...SUCH AS RADIO...TELEVISION...
CABLE TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST SEVERE
WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3736 9340 3721 9354 3707 9311 3731 9306

JLT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper31 min
May 24, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Howell, Texas32 min
May 24, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton26 min
May 24, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald49 min
May 24, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper31 min
May 24, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Wright41 min
May 24, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Texas50 min
May 24, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Newton67 min
May 24, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone, Taney63 min
May 24, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFStone, Taney52 min
May 24, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Oregon, Shannon62 min
May 24, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas62 min
May 24, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry51 min
May 24, 8:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Howell32 min
May 24, 8:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Howell4 hr
May 24, 8:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 2 more4 hr
May 24, 9:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFShannon, Texas4 hr
May 24, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFStone, Taney31 min
May 24, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark57 min
May 24, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell51 min
May 24, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFOzark40 min
May 24, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon54 min
May 24, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Ozark35 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.