Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2001, 8:14 PM CDT for Barry County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2001, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Barry County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Ridge, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 1030 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1283 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KSGF 070114 SVRSGF MOC009-070200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 814 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN AND WESTERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FAIRVIEW TO EXETER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... PURDY BY 825 PM CDT. MONETT BY 835 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF RIDGLEY...WAYNE...PIONEER...BUTTERFIELD AND MCDOWELL ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN SPRINGFIELD. LAT...LON 3672 9410 3656 9390 3692 9363 3692 9407 HUDSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 52 min |
| May 6, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 57 min |
| May 6, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 67 min |
| May 6, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 45 min |
| May 6, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Polk | 41 min |
| May 6, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 45 min |
| May 6, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 58 min |
| May 6, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 60 min |
| May 6, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Hickory | 60 min |
| May 6, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Lawrence | 43 min |
| May 6, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Polk | 62 min |
| May 6, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 25 min |
| May 6, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Taney | 39 min |
| May 6, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden | 66 min |
| May 6, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 50 min |
| May 6, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Webster | 43 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.