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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO

February 13, 2000Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 13, 2000, 4:15 AM CST for Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 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
Feb 13, 2000, 4:15 AM CST (10:15 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2000, 5:00 AM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 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 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 23 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 00:00Z on 2000-02-13Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2000-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 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 
TTAA00 KSGF 131018
SVRSGF
MOC059-109-131100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
415 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 500 AM CST.

* AT 410 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...NEAR FREISTATT...RACING NORTHEAST
  AT 60 MPH. THESE STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE
  OF DIMES.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   MOUNT VERNON BY 430 AM CST.
   MILLER BY 430 AM CST.
   INTERSTATE 44 THROUGH 445 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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
SPRINGFIELD.

BOOKBINDER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 4:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene25 min
Feb 13, 5:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster28 min
Feb 13, 5:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Wright34 min
Feb 13, 8:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Shannon39 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.