Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2001, 4:58 AM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 62 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
- Jun 3, 2001, 4:58 AM CDT (09:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2001, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County McDonald County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 5:30 AM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Anderson, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 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 031000 SVRSGF MOC119-031100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 458 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI * UNTIL 600 AM CDT * AT 457 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ANDERSON...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEOSHO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ANDERSON THROUGH 515 AM CDT. GOODMAN BY 515 AM CDT. PINEVILLE BY 520 AM CDT. IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 3677 9462 3659 9461 3652 9408 3675 9409 DSA
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 3, 2:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 2:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 255 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001 LITTLE TIME FOR DETAILS...BUT WILL GO WITH MESOETA. BIGGEST CHALLENGE WILL BE CHANCES FOR CONVECTION TONIGHT IN THE NORTH...AND POSITION OF SURFACE FRONT MONDAY AND ITS EFFECT ON HIGHS. GENERALLY LIKE THE MESOETA FORECAST...BUT STILL BELIEVE REFIRING OF CONVECTION LATE TODAY LOOKS OVERDONE IN KANSAS. BIG CAP IN PLACE AFTER CONVECTION MOVES OUT THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTION WILL LIKELY FIRE ALONG 850 BOUNDARY WITH LOW LEVEL JET TONIGHT OVER NORTHERN CWA. WARM FRONT NORTH OF CWA MONDAY...SO WILL GO WITH VERY WARM MESOETA HIGHS. PRELIMINARY FORECAST NUMBERS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY SGF 75 63 87 70 / 90 20 10 60 JLN 77 66 90 71 / 90 20 10 60 UNO 72 63 87 67 / 90 20 10 50 VIH 65 56 85 70 / 70 50 20 80 .SGF... MO...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY MOZ055>058-066>071. KS...NONE. BROWNI<NG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:14 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077>080-082-088>098-101>106-031400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 414 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 355...IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARRY...BARTON...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS...DOUGLAS... GREENE...HOWELL...JASPER...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...OREGON... OZARK...POLK...SHANNON...STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...VERNON...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT. IN KANSAS: BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE AVA... BOLIVAR...BRANSON...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OZARK...PITTSBURG...SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON AND WEST PLAINS. 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. BROWNING
Local storm report, Jun 3, 4:45 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
445 AM CDT SUN JUN 03 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....O
0400 AM 2 W CRANE MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 STONE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Newton | 66 min |
| Jun 3, 5:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 5:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald | 44 min |
| Jun 3, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 5:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 5:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 5:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 6:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 6:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 6:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 53 min |
| Jun 3, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 63 min |
| Jun 3, 6:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 27 min |
| Jun 3, 7:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 8:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 8:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Jasper, Lawrence | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 10:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, St. Clair | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 10:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Polk | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 10:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Newton | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 11:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dade | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Webster | 44 min |
| Jun 3, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 11:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 12:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Lawrence | 47 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.