Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 9, 2001, 3:51 AM CST for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 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 9, 2001, 3:51 AM CST (09:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2001, 4:30 AM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County McDonald County, MO
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 4:10 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | 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 nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 399 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 090952 SVRSGF MOC119-091030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 351 AM CST FRI FEB 9 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MCDONALD COUNTY IN MISSOURI * UNTIL 430 AM CST * AT 350 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR SOUTH WEST CITY...OR 11 MILES WEST OF GRAVETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PINEVILLE...LANAGAN...ANDERSON BY 400 AM CST. GOODMAN BY 405 AM CST. THE TOWN OF POWELL IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. ISEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. LAT...LON 3645 9480 3633 9464 3661 9412 3678 9441 TERRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 6:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 33 min |
| Feb 9, 4:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence | 50 min |
| Feb 9, 4:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 30 min |
| Feb 9, 4:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 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.