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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Springfield, MO

March 26, 2000Morgan County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2000, 7:08 PM CST for Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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, 7:08 PM CST (01:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2000, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Morgan County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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

Time	Report	Where
Mar 26, 7:12 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Osceola, MO
Mar 26, 7:25 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Collins, MO
Mar 26, 7:30 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Cross Timbers, MO
Mar 26, 7:42 PM CST	Hail 1	Macks Creek, 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 270110
SVRSGF
MOC015-029-085-141-185-270200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
708 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CST.

* AT 704 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST 
  OF STOVER TO WARSAW TO 10 MILES WEST OF OSCEOLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST 
  AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE 
  OF GOLF BALLS...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   WHEATLAND BY 725 PM CST.
   HERMITAGE...WEAUBLEAU BY 730 PM CST.
   MACKS CREEK BY 740 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE...ROSCOE...VISTA...
GERSTER...CLIMAX SPRINGS AND CROSS TIMBERS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3842 9297 3827 9338 3823 9353 3818 9363
          3816 9365 3804 9404 3784 9362 3785 9326
          3793 9303 3795 9286 3817 9265

DSA

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	Benton, Morgan	68 min
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, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.