Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2000, 3:05 AM CDT for Maries County, Miller County, Missouri. It was in force for 55 min. 6 reports 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 20, 2000, 3:05 AM CDT (08:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2000, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 3:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldon, MO | |
| Apr 20, 3:15 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Ulman, MO | |
| Apr 20, 3:19 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Iberia, MO | |
| Apr 20, 3:20 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | St Anthony, MO | |
| Apr 20, 3:20 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Marys Home, MO | |
| Apr 20, 3:57 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 M | Vichy, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 203 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KSGF 200806 SVRSGF MOC125-131-161-200900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 305 AM CDT THU APR 20 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * AT 302 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAKELAND TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CROCKER TO 9 MILES EAST OF FORT LEONARD WOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... ROLLA...DOOLITTLE...NEWBURG BY 315 AM CDT. ST. JAMES BY 320 AM CDT. VIENNA BY 325 AM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...LAKESIDE... LAKEVIEW...BRUMLEY...BAGNELL AND EDGAR SPRINGS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Vernon | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton | 64 min |
| Apr 19, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 57 min |
| Apr 19, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cedar, Vernon | 65 min |
| Apr 19, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Hickory, St. Clair | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden | 33 min |
| Apr 20, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller, Morgan | 33 min |
| Apr 20, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 25 min |
| Apr 20, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 1:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade | 29 min |
| Apr 20, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Hickory | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Polk, Webster | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 2:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 57 min |
| Apr 20, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 17 min |
| Apr 20, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Wright | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Pulaski | 38 min |
| Apr 20, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps | 55 min |
| Apr 20, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 4:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 42 min |
| Apr 20, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.