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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Springfield, MO

April 3, 2001Dallas County, Laclede County, Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2001, 1:58 PM CDT for Dallas County, Laclede County, Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2001, 1:58 PM CDT (18:58 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2001, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Dallas County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Webster County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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
Apr 3, 2:20 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Sampson, MO
Apr 3, 2:40 PM CDT	Hail 1	Niangua, 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 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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: 1171 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.3

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The text

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

788 
WUUS53 KSGF 031858
SVRSGF
MOC059-105-225-031945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
158 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAIR GROVE...OR 24 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   NIANGUA...URBANA BY 210 PM CDT.
   CONWAY BY 225 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF ELKLAND...CHARITY...PHILLIPSBURG AND MORGAN ARE ALSO IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS...SUCH AS RADIO...TELEVISION...
CABLE TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST SEVERE
WEATHER INFORMATION.

JLT

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 Apr 3, 11:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 11:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1155 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2001

WARM FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED FROM ABOUT FT. SCOTT TO LEBANON TO WEST
OF WEST PLAINS. BEGINNING TO SHOW UP RATHER WELL ON VISIBLE
SATELLITE IMAGE.  CONVECTION TO THE NORTH OF THE FRONT HAS PRODUCED
SOME HAIL REPORTS ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA.

HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO LOWER AFTERNOON HIGHS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF
THE WARM FRONT.  BELIEVE CLOUDS AND RAIN WILL KEEP TEMPS DOWN THERE.
HOWEVER...HAVE RAISED HIGHS TO THE SOUTH OF THE FRONT WHERE CLOUDS
HAVE MIXED OUT FAIRLY WELL THIS MORNING AND TEMPS HAVE ALREADY SHOT
UP INTO THE 70S.

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

GAEDE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 12:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1215 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2001

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

1056 AM    IONIA                     MO   1 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   BENTON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

1205 PM    2 N BARNETT               MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   MORGAN                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Apr 3, 12:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1239 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2001

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

1214 PM    ELDON                     MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   MILLER                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Apr 3, 1:00 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2001

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

1238 PM    SUNRISE BEACH             MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   CAMDEN                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 1:00 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-041100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST
KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS...

A WARM FRONT...EXTENDING FROM NEAR FORT SCOTT KANSAS TO FORT LEONARD
WOOD...WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY.  AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...
AND INTERACT WITH THE WARM FRONT...TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

THE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY TO MODERATELY
UNSTABLE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
GOLFBALLS BEING THE MAIN THREAT.  STORM OUTFLOW COULD BECOME STRONG
ENOUGH TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE
LOCATED GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
WARM AIR IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL OVERSPREAD THE
REGION...DECREASING THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY NIGHT AS
THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA.

GAEDE

Local storm report, Apr 3, 1:55 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
155 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2001

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

1202 PM    VERSAILLES                MO   FLOOD
04/03/01   MORGAN                         STREET FLOODING.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1242 PM    ST ELIZABETH              MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   MILLER                         DIME HAIL COVERNING THE
                                          GROUND.

1242 PM    ELDON                     MO   FLOOD
04/03/01   MILLER                         FLOODING  REPORTED NEAR
                                          ELDON. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0123 PM    VIENNA                    MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   MARIES

0142 PM    ST JAMES                  MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   PHELPS                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0145 PM    DOOLITTLE                 MO   .75 INCH HAIL
0m4/03/01   PHELPS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 10:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	25 min
Apr 3, 11:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	43 min
Apr 3, 12:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller, Morgan	40 min
Apr 3, 12:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Morgan	3 hr
Apr 3, 12:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	49 min
Apr 3, 12:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	48 min
Apr 3, 12:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries	42 min
Apr 3, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps	45 min
Apr 3, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede, Wright	62 min
Apr 3, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	34 min
Apr 3, 3:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Wright	31 min
Apr 3, 3:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas	24 min
Apr 3, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	35 min
Apr 3, 3:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell	62 min
Apr 3, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon	67 min

Nearby

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

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.