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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Springfield, MO

May 17, 2001Benton County, St. Clair County, Missouri

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 17, 5:50 PM CDTHail 0.75Fristoe, 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 17, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2001-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1485 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2001-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Hickory47 min
May 17, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller, Pulaski47 min
May 17, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.