Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Oct 23, 2001, 1:05 PM CDT (18:05 UTC)

Expired

Oct 23, 2001, 1:45 PM CDT

In force

40 min

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Shannon County, MO

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS53 KSGF 231805
SVRSGF
MOC203-231845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
105 PM CDT TUE OCT 23 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 103 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
  QUARTERS...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SUMMERSVILLE...OR 24 MILES EAST OF
  HOUSTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
  SHANNON COUNTY.

THE TOWNS OF ROUND SPRING AND MIDRIDGE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.

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

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ON KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3730 9168 3714 9157 3728 9115 3745 9128

SUTTON

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 23, 10:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1055 AM CDT MON OCT 22 2001

WILL BE UPDATING THE ZONES SHORTLY.  CONVECTION WHICH DEVELOPED
EARLIER THIS MORNING IN ASSOCIATION WITH UPPER LEVEL WAVE...WAS NOW
BEGINNING TO EXIT THE CWA TO THE EAST.  SURFACE BOUNDARY STILL WELL
TO THE WEST.  WILL LOWER POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA TO
30S IN THE NW AND 40S TO THE SE.

LINDENBERG/05

In the hours before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-241100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT TUE OCT 23 2001

THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL THIS
MORNING WERE EXITING SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON.  DEW POINTS REMAIN FAIRLY HIGH BEHIND THESE STORMS
WITH THE MAIN FRONT STILL WELL TO THE WEST.  THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM
WHICH HELPED TO PRODUCE THESE STORMS WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST THIS
EVENING.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 44.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND THE MAIN THREAT.  SPOTTERS COULD BE NEEDED LATER THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACTIVATION.

.EXTENDED OUTLOOK...
THE MAIN FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING ANOTHER
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA.  BEHIND THIS
SYSTEM...MUCH COLDER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.