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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Springfield, MO

June 1, 2001Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2001, 11:04 PM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued: Jun 1, 2001, 11:04 PM CDT (04:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2001, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 1, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 332 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 020405
SVRSGF

MOC217-020445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1104 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1102 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EL DORADO SPRINGS
  TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FULTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 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...
   NEVADA BY 1130 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF HARWOOD...RICHARDS...DEERFIELD...MOUNDVILLE AND BRONAUGH
ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
SPRINGFIELD.

LAT...LON 3803 9408 3788 9461 3766 9460 3766 9410

FOSTER

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 1, 2:47 PM CDT, 8 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:47 PM CDT, 8 hours 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
245 PM CDT FRI JUNE 1 2001

MAIN FOCUS HAS BEEN ON TIMING AND STRENGTH OF STORMS AHEAD OF COLD
FRONT TONIGHT.

CUMULUS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE AREA OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS
AS WE WARMED RAPIDLY INTO THE 70S FROM EARLY MORNING TEMPS NEAR 50.
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE ALREADY FIRING UP AHEAD OF THE FRONT
THAT EXTENDS FROM NORTH OF DES MOINES TO GOODLAND KANSAS. DEWPOINT
TEMPS ARE INCREASING OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA...BUT 60+ DEWPOINTS REMAIN OFF TO THE WEST. LATEST LAPS DATA
SHOWS LIS BELOW ZERO WEST OF AN OSAGE BEACH TO SPRINGFIELD
LINE...WITH CAPES FROM 100 TO 600 J/KG. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY IS NOT
FORECAST TO BE TOO IMPRESSIVE BY THE TIME THE STORMS GET HERE (AFTER
03Z) AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND STRONG VORT MAX APPROACHING THE
AREA CONTINUE TO FAVOR LIKELY POPS FOR TONIGHT. 100 KT JET
ACCOMPANYING STORMS WILL ENHANCE DOWNBURST POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY
OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN ZONES WHERE BEST DYNAMICS/INSTABILITY WILL
BE LOCATED.

LATEST RUC80 HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON PRECIP FIELD THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
MESOETA NOT PICKING UP ON PRE-FRONTAL PRECIP WELL. REST OF THE
MODELS SEEM TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON FRONT LOCATION AND MOVEMENT. IT
STILL LOOKS LIKE PRECIP WILL REMAIN IN A RATHER NARROW BAND AS FRONT
MOVES QUICKLY THROUGH THE AREA BY 12Z SATURDAY. THEREAFTER...ANOTHER
QUICK RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE REGION...DRYING US OUT TEMPORARILY.

LOOKS LIKE OVERRUNNING PATTERN SETS UP SATURDAY NIGHT OVER THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS...WITH STRONG 850 THETA E ADVECTION SETTING UP OVER
OUR SOUTHWEST ZONES AFTER 06Z. THEREFORE WILL ADD POPS FOR LATE
SATURDAY TO THE SOUTHWEST.

WEATHER PATTERN FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK LOOKS INCREASINGLY WET...AS
FRONT STALLS TO OUR SOUTH AND EVENTUALLY RETURNS NORTHWARD AS A WARM
FRONT SUNDAY/MONDAY. FRONT MAY THEN REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH
TUESDAY AS SURFACE WAVE DEVELOPS OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND
PROPAGATES EASTWARD ALONG THE BOUNDARY. THIS PATTERN TYPICALLY
BRINGS FLOODING TO OUR AREA...AND FEAR THAT MODEL QPF MAY BE
UNDERDONE.

WENT CLOSE TO MAV NUMBERS...

PRELIMINARY FCST:
FCSTID = 17/TERRY
SGF   56  74  54  75 / 60  10  10  40
JLN   57  75  57  74 / 60  10  30  50
UNO   54  74  54  73 / 60  20  10  40
VIH   53  73  53  75 / 60  20  10  30

.SGF...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>070-077>081-088-089-020500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
630 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 352...IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN MISSOURI:

BARTON...BENTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...DADE...DALLAS...HICKORY...
JASPER...LACLEDE...MARIES...MILLER...MORGAN...POLK...PULASKI...ST.
CLAIR AND VERNON.

IN KANSAS:

BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD.

SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE BOLIVAR...
CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...LEBANON...
NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...PITTSBURG AND STOCKTON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Local storm report, Jun 1, 8:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
829 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0805 PM    VERSAILLES                MO   WIND DAMAGE
06/01/01   MORGAN                         TREES AND POWERLINES
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0826 PM    5 N SUNRISE BEACH         MO   1 INCH HAIL
06/01/01   MORGAN                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Jun 1, 9:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
948 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 PM    SUNRISE BEACH             MO   WIND DAMAGE
06/01/01   CAMDEN                         POWERLINES DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0855 PM    MONTREAL                  MO   WIND DAMAGE
06/01/01   CAMDEN                         TREE DOWN ACROSS
                                          HIGHWAY 7. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.8

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	54 min
Jun 1, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	54 min
Jun 1, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	66 min
Jun 1, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	56 min
Jun 1, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	66 min
Jun 1, 9:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	23 min
Jun 1, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Hickory, Polk	39 min
Jun 1, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar	60 min
Jun 1, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Polk	64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.