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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

February 24, 2001Christian County, Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2001, 1:43 PM CST for Christian County, Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 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
Feb 24, 2001, 1:43 PM CST (19:43 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2001, 2:30 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Christian County, MO, Stone County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Feb 24, 2:00 PM CSTThunderstorm WindFair Grove, 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
Feb 24, 11:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 2001-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 326 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
371 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.

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 241943
SVRSGF
MOC043-077-209-242030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
143 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 230 PM CST

* AT 141 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EVERTON TO 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BILLINGS TO 9 MILES EAST OF PURDY...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 50 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL TO THE
  SIZE OF NICKELS...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   BILLINGS...KIMBERLING CITY BY 150 PM CST.
   CRANE...INDIAN POINT...REPUBLIC BY 155 PM CST.
   BROOKLINE...CLEVER...GALENA BY 200 PM CST.
   BATTLEFIELD BY 210 PM CST.
   SPRINGFIELD...NIXA BY 215 PM CST.
   OZARK BY 220 PM CST.

THE TOWNS OF LAMPE...CAPE FAIR...BOIS DARC...ELSEY AND CAVE SPRINGS
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 3740 9363 3651 9359 3651 9330 3681 9331
          3682 9308 3740 9308

HUDSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 4:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 1 more3 hr
Feb 24, 12:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon35 min
Feb 24, 12:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton3 hr
Feb 24, 12:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald34 min
Feb 24, 1:02 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper3 hr
Feb 24, 1:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, Newton49 min
Feb 24, 1:31 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, Stone3 hr
Feb 24, 1:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene47 min
Feb 24, 2:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Taney3 hr
Feb 24, 2:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney29 min
Feb 24, 3:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas24 min
Feb 24, 3:22 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFWebster, Wright38 min
Feb 24, 3:41 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFOzark34 min
Feb 24, 3:47 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFDouglas43 min
Feb 24, 4:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Barton, Christian, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence and 4 more4 hr
Feb 24, 4:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Howell, Ozark, Texas4 hr
Feb 24, 4:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell35 min
Feb 24, 5:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon38 min

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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.