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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Springfield, MO

April 19, 2000Camden County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2000, 4:03 PM CDT for Camden County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report 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
Apr 19, 2000, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2000, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Camden County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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
Apr 19, 4:15 PM CDTHail 1Climax Spgs, 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2000-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 431 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 2000-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 378 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
431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-623 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
378 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
450 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 
WUUS53 KSGF 192104
SVRSGF
MOC029-192130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
403 PM CDT WED APR 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MACKS CREEK...OR 19 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF WARSAW...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS... AND
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   VILLAGE OF FOUR SEASONS BY 430 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CLIMAX SPRINGS...
SUNRISE BEACH AND LINN CREEK.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE
WARNING.

DSA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller, Morgan44 min
Apr 19, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas46 min
Apr 19, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede41 min
Apr 19, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski26 min
Apr 19, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries36 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.