Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2001, 12:28 PM CDT for Dade County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 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, 12:28 PM CDT (17:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2001, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Dade County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 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, 12:34 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Everton, 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, 9:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
262 WUUS53 KSGF 031730 SVRSGF MOC057-031800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1228 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI * UNTIL 100 PM CDT * AT 1228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR GREENFIELD...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER TOWNS OF SOUTH GREENFIELD AND PENNSBORO. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3746 9389 3730 9389 3730 9365 3747 9366 TERRY
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, 12:05 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 12:05 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1205 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...WITH ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO DIMINISH GRADUALLY FROM WEST TO EAST. TEMPERATURES HAVE REMAINED IN THE 50S ACROSS THE REGION...AND WILL UPDATE THE ZONES TO ADJUST HIGHS TODAY DOWN SEVERAL CATEGORIES. EXPECT THE WARMEST READINGS IN WESTERN SECTIONS WHERE THE RAIN WILL END FIRST. CONVECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT APPEARS LESS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN CURRENT COMPLEX OVERHEAD. NEW MESOETA/ETA/AVN SUGGEST THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR SOUTHWEST OF THE FORECAST AREA...WHERE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MEET UNSTABLE...BUT CAPPED...ATMOSPHERE. .SGF...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR ALL ZONES. SUTTON
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
738 AM CDT SUN JUN 03 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....K
0735 AM SCAMMON KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 CHEROKEE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:42 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
742 AM CDT SUN JUN 03 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUCNTY LOCATION....
0708 AM SCAMMON KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 CHEROKEE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jun 3, 8:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
830 AM CDT SUN JUN 03 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....V
0820 AM CARTHAGE MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 JASPER REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jun 3, 8:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
857 AM CDT SUN JUN 03 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0400 AM 2 W CRANE MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 STONE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0442 AM 3 N ANDERSON MO MPH TSTM GUST
06/03/01 MCDONALD ESTIMATED 60 MPH WIND.
TRUCK BLOWN ACROSS
HIGHWAY. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0442 AM 4 NW WHEELERVILLE MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 BARRY REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0515 AM 4 E TIFF CITY MO .88 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 MCDONALD REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0530 AM 3 W ANDERSON MO 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 MCDONALD REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0532 AM 3 W ANDERSON MO 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/03/01 MCDONALD REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0540 AM SPARTA MO .88 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 CHRISTIAN REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0638 AM 2 SW NEOSHO MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 NEWTON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0638 AM 5 N ANDERSON MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 MCDONALD REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0638 AM CAPE FAIR MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 STONE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0658 AM KISSEE MILLS MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 TANEY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0700 AM 3 S NEOSHO MO .88 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 NEWTON REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
0700 AM ANDERSON MO FLOOD
06/03/01 MCDONALD REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
0708 AM SCAMMON KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 CHEROKEE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0820 AM CARTHAGE MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 JASPER REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0828 AM CARTHAGE MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 JASPER REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEME|NT OFFICIAL.Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-078-088>090-093>095-101>105-031900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 918 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 356...IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARRY...BARTON...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...GREENE...JASPER... LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...OZARK...STONE...TANEY AND VERNON. IN KANSAS: BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE BRANSON...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OZARK... PITTSBURG...SPRINGFIELD 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. SUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-031800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 935 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED THIS MORNING... SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. A SECOND ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A NEVADA MISSOURI TO SPRINGFIELD AND GAINESVILLE LINE. DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...WITH ISOLATED OCCURRENCES OF LARGE HAIL. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION. SEVERAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED THIS MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL WARNINGS EXPECTED AS THE SECOND WAVE OF STORMS MOVES THROUGH SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. REDEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS KANSAS...WITH THESE STORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI TSHIS EVENING. THE NEXT HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 1 PM. SUTTON
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, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 62 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, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Lawrence | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.