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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2000, 5:53 PM CDT for Benton County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2000, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Benton County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -292 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 977 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KSGF 042253 SVRSGF MOC015-042345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 553 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLE CAMP...OR 13 MILES EAST OF WINDSOR... MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LINCOLN BY 605 PM CDT. WARSAW BY 625 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...IONIA. IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. IF ON OR NEAR A LAKE...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE WELL AWAY FROM AREAS EXPERIENCING HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. IF BOATING...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM! HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. LAT...LON 3853 9312 3852 9343 3811 9340 3816 9310 HUDSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.