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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Springfield, MO

June 4, 2000Benton County, Missouri

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2000-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 83 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.