Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2001, 5:25 PM CDT for Benton County, St. Clair County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 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 17, 2001, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2001, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Benton County, MO, St. Clair County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 5:50 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Fristoe, 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 17, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 1485 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
314 WUUS53 KSGF 172227 SVRSGF MOC015-185-172315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 525 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARSAW...OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WARSAW BY 545 PM CDT. LINCOLN BY 605 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF ICONIUM...HARPER...WHITAKERVILLE...HASTAIN AND EDMONSON ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. DIME SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM OVER EASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY. LAT...LON 3812 9366 3798 9350 3818 9306 3851 9330 DSA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory | 47 min |
| May 17, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller, Pulaski | 47 min |
| May 17, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 47 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.