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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Springfield, MO

March 26, 2000Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2000, 11:59 AM CST for Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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
Mar 26, 2000, 11:59 AM CST (17:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2000, 12:50 PM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:03 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
Mar 26, 12:15 PM CSTHail 0.88Spring City, MO
Mar 26, 12:35 PM CSTThunderstorm WindCarthage, 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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 2000-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 2000-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-239 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1224 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 12:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone51 min
Mar 26, 12:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald28 min
Mar 26, 12:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Dade33 min
Mar 26, 1:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar50 min
Mar 26, 1:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone45 min
Mar 26, 1:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney48 min
Mar 26, 1:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene48 min
Mar 26, 1:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk31 min
Mar 26, 1:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory, St. Clair42 min
Mar 26, 2:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Webster53 min
Mar 26, 2:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney59 min
Mar 26, 2:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden42 min
Mar 26, 2:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Pulaski64 min
Mar 26, 3:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Miller57 min
Mar 26, 3:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps57 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.