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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Springfield, MO

March 26, 2000Benton County, Morgan County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2000, 6:07 PM CST for Benton County, Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 68 min. 7 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: Mar 26, 2000, 6:07 PM CST (00:07 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2000, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Benton County, MO, Morgan County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 26, 6:10 PM CST	Hail 0.88	Windsor, MO
Mar 26, 6:17 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Green Ridge, MO
Mar 26, 6:20 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Creighton, MO	Law enforcement officials reported 60 mph wind gusts near Creighton.
Mar 26, 6:20 PM CST	Hail 1	Creighton, MO
Mar 26, 6:40 PM CST	Hail 1	Lincoln, MO
Mar 26, 6:50 PM CST	Hail 1	Cole Camp, MO
Mar 26, 7:12 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Osceola, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 26, 4:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -169 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 349 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 363 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 270013
SVRSGF
MOC015-141-185-270115-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
607 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.
  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 715 PM CST.

* AT 605 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SEDALIA TO 10 MILES 
  NORTH OF CLINTON TO GARDEN CITY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  40 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF 
  QUARTERS...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   COLE CAMP...LINCOLN BY 630 PM CST.
   APPLETON CITY...WARSAW BY 640 PM CST.
   STOVER BY 645 PM CST.
   LOWRY CITY BY 650 PM CST.
   OSCEOLA BY 700 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE...IONIA...ROSCOE AND
VISTA.

LAT...LON 3878 9340 3854 9372 3848 9454 3794 9392
          3806 9317 3843 9269

DSA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 26, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
225 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2000

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFIED IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AROUND
NOON AS IT MET THE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE OZARKS. LOW CLOUDS
HAD KEPT CAPES AND INSTABILITIES DOWN A BIT IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BUT
THAT WAS NOT A PROBLEM WHEN THE STORMS APPROACHED THE 72/60 SURFACE
CONDITIONS AT JOPLIN. HAVE HAD REPORTS OF 70 MPH WINDS AND GOLF BALL
HAIL.

19Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED COLD FRONT NEAR HUTCHINSON KANSAS...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT A GOOD CLIP. LAPS DATA SHOWS STRONG INSTABILITY
OVER WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXPECT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. STORMS HAD
BEGUN TO DEVELOP IN EASTERN NEBRASKA NEAR THE STRONGER DYNAMICS.

12Z MODELS IN AGREEMENT MOVING THE FRONT THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA
BY MIDNIGHT. MAY GO WITH AN UNQUALIFIED POP IN SOME LOCATIONS...
DEPENDING ON EVOLUTION OF SYSTEM UP TO ZONE ISSUANCE TIME.

SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY. WHILE THIS SHOULD BE A DRY FRONTAL PASSAGE...THIS
BOUNDARY WILL COME INTO PLAY TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AS MORE
ENERGY SPILLS INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. CURRENT EXTENDED HAS SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AND SEE NO REASON TO
DEVIATE FROM THAT AT THIS TIME.

GUIDANCE NUMBERS ACCEPTED WITH MINOR ADJUSTMENT.

PRELIMINARY FORECAST GUI!DANCE(FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY)
SGF BB 042/059 037/065 084-0-
JLN BB 043/060 041/068 08300-
UNO BB 045/059 038/066 086-0-
VIH BB 040/057 035/062 086-0-

.SGF...NONE.

SUTTON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 26, 3:51 PM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
351 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0155 PM    HUMANSVILLE               MO   .75 INCH HAIL
03/26/00   POLK

0200 PM    2 SW COLLINS              MO   .75 INCH HAIL
03/26/00   ST.CLAIR

0215 PM    NIANGUA                   MO   1 INCH HAIL
03/26/00   WEBSTER

0230 PM    BRADLEYVILLE              MO   .75 INCH HAIL
03/26/00   TANEY

0255 PM    CAMDENTON                 MO   60 MPH TSTM GUST
03/26/00   CAMDEN

0300 PM    HUGO                      MO   WIND DAMAGE
03/26/00   CAMDEN                         POLE BARN DOWN. REPORT
                                          BY CWIP OBSERVER.

0315 PM    IBERIA                    MO   1 INCH HAIL
03/26/00   MILLER                         REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

0340 PM    ROCKY MT                  MO   .75 INCH HAIL
03/26/00   MORGAN                         DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING
                                          THE GROUND BETWEEN
                                          LAURIE AND ROCKY MOUNT.
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

Special weather statement, Mar 26, 4:30 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-270000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
430 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2000

...SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO
THIS EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT HAD DECREASED FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
UNTIL 900 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI:

ST CLAIR HICKORY BENTON MORGAN CAMDEN MILLER MARIES PHELPS PULASKI

THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WARSAW...OSCEOLA...CAMDENTON...
VIENNA...ROLLA AND WAYNESVILLE.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS
EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF
BALLS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE STRONGER STORMS IN THE WATCH AREA.

THE SEVERE THU5NDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS HAD BEEN CANCELLED EARLY.  CONVECTION
THIS AFTERNOON HAD PRODUCED AN AREA OF MORE STABLE AIR FROM
SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO THE SPRINGFIELD AREA.

SUTTON

Local storm report, Mar 26, 4:51 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
451 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1236 PM    WHEATON                   MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/26/00   BARRY                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1240 PM    ANDERSON                  MO   WIND DAMAGE
03/26/00   MCDONALD                       TREES DOWN.

0105 PM    2 SE EVERTON              MO   WIND DAMAGE
03/26/00   DADE                           DAMAGE TO BARN.

0105 PM    2 SE EVERTON              MO   .75 INCH HAIL
03/26/00   DADE

0130 PM    3 W JENKINS               MO   .75 INCH HAIL
03/26/00   BARRY                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0130 PM    3 W JENKINS               MO   WIND DAMAGE
03/26/00   BARRY                          TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0240 PM    BRANSON                   MO   WIND DAMAGE
03/26/00   TANEY                          TELEPHONE POLE DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

0310 PM    SLEEPER                   MO   WIND DAMAGE
03/26/00   LACLEDE                        TREE DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          AGTAP OBSERVER.

0340 PM    3 E ROCKY MT              MO   .75 INCH HAIL
03/26/00   MILLER                         DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING
                                          THE GROUND. REPORTED B9Y
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

Local storm report, Mar 26, 5:08 PM CST, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
508 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0140 PM    BRANSON                   MO   WIND DAMAGE
03/26/00   TANEY                          TELEPHONE POLE DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                         ] OBSERVER.

Local storm report, Mar 26, 5:11 PM CST, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
511 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0215 PM    URBANA                    MO   .75 INCH HAIL
03/26/00   DALLAS

Local storm report, Mar 26, 5:13 PM CST, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
513 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0145 PM    CAPLINGER MILLS           MO   .75 INCH HAIL
03/26/00   CEDAR                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 6:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	68 min
Mar 26, 7:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory, St. Clair	52 min
Mar 26, 7:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	52 min
Mar 26, 8:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede, Pulaski	44 min
Mar 26, 9:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	33 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.