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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Springfield, MO

February 13, 2000Dent County, Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 13, 2000, 8:51 AM CST for Dent County, Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2000, 8:51 AM CST (14:51 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2000, 9:30 AM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Dent County, MO, Shannon County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 240 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 2000-02-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 12:00Z on 2000-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 526 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-274 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
526 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
574 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 131454
SVRSGF
MOC065-203-131530-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.       
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 930 AM CST.

* AT 848 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM IS   
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKLES.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OFj 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 3735 9140 3722 9124 3752 9079 3770 9101

FOSTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 4:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence45 min
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

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.