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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Springfield, MO

May 8, 2000Barton County, Jasper County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2000, 10:06 PM CDT for Barton County, Jasper County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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
May 8, 2000, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2000, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 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
May 8, 10:28 PM CDTHail 1Mindenmines, MO
May 8, 10:28 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EMindenmines, MO
May 8, 10:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 ELamar, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 2000-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1344 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 2000-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 090308
SVRSGF
MOC011-097-090345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1006 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1004 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GIRARD TO WEIR TO
  COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL
  LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS... AND WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   MULBERRY...MINDENMINES BY 1020 PM CDT.
   IRON GATES...LIBERAL BY 1025 PM CDT.
   CARL JUNCTION...DUQUESNE...JOPLIN BY 1030 PM CDT.
   CARTERVILLE...WEBB CITY...ALBA BY 1035 PM CDT.
   LAMAR...JASPER BY 1040 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...ASBURY...
WACO...BURGESS...OAKLAND PARK AND NECK CITY.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

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

RUNNELS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair29 min
May 8, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton56 min
May 8, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Morgan64 min
May 8, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence61 min
May 8, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar26 min
May 8, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Hickory, Polk43 min
May 9, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Laclede39 min
May 9, 3:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper, Newton4 hr
May 9, 6:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone31 min
May 9, 7:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper, Newton3 hr

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.