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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Springfield, MO

April 19, 2000Camden County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2000, 11:57 PM CDT for Camden County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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
Apr 19, 2000, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2000, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
33 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 04:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 19, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 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 00:00Z on 2000-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1428 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
1428 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
12.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 200457
SVRSGF
MOC029-200530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1157 PM CDT WED APR 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1151 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF MACKS CREEK...OR 19 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CAMDENTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL... AND WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   VILLAGE OF FOUR SEASONS BY 1215 AM CDT.

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

JLT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFVernon60 min
Apr 19, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarton64 min
Apr 19, 10:03 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFSt. Clair57 min
Apr 19, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCedar, Vernon65 min
Apr 19, 10:58 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFHickory, St. Clair47 min
Apr 20, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller, Morgan33 min
Apr 20, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald39 min
Apr 20, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper47 min
Apr 20, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade43 min
Apr 20, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton25 min
Apr 20, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar52 min
Apr 20, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence47 min
Apr 20, 1:31 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade29 min
Apr 20, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair47 min
Apr 20, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene43 min
Apr 20, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone43 min
Apr 20, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Hickory48 min
Apr 20, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Polk, Webster49 min
Apr 20, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark, Taney57 min
Apr 20, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian17 min
Apr 20, 2:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Wright50 min
Apr 20, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Pulaski38 min
Apr 20, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Miller55 min
Apr 20, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps55 min
Apr 20, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Ozark45 min
Apr 20, 3:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Shannon, Texas48 min
Apr 20, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell42 min
Apr 20, 5:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon34 min

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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.