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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

March 25, 2000Douglas County, Howell County, Texas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2000, 9:43 AM CST for Douglas County, Howell County, Texas County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2000, 9:43 AM CST (15:43 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2000, 10:30 AM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO, Texas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2000-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2000-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
1364 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 251546
SVRSGF
MOC067-091-215-251630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
943 AM CST SAT MAR 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.
  SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.
  EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 1030 AM CST.

* AT 942 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 SOUTHEAST OF 
NORWOOD TO VANZANT TO 5 MILES DRURY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS 
STORM IS   CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   CABOOL BY 1015 AM CST.
   WILLOW SPRINGS BY 1020 AM 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.

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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.