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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Springfield, MO

April 11, 2001Dallas County, Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2001, 11:10 AM CDT for Dallas County, Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 min. 3 reports 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: Apr 11, 2001, 11:10 AM CDT (16:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2001, 12:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Dallas County, MO, Webster County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:11 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
Apr 11, 11:40 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield, MO
Apr 11, 11:45 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Plad, MO
Apr 11, 12:05 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway, 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
Apr 11, 9:30 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 90 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: 614 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 815 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 4.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 111610
SVRSGF
MOC059-225-111700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1110 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 1105 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PLEASANT HOPE TO
  SPARTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL
  LIKELY PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   ROGERSVILLE BY 1115 AM CDT.
   FORDLAND BY 1135 AM CDT.
   DIGGINS BY 1145 AM CDT.
   BUFFALO...MARSHFIELD BY 1150 AM CDT.
   NIANGUA BY NOON CDT.

THE TOWNS OF OLIVE...MARCH...FOOSE...NORTHVIEW AND ELKLAND ARE ALSO
IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE ADVANCE
WARNING.

LAT...LON 3762 9320 3726 9310 3708 9313 3721 9270
          3784 9293

FOSTER

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 11, 4:04 AM CDT, 7 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 4:04 AM CDT, 7 hours 6 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
404 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001

MAIN FORECAST PROBLEMS INCLUDE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE AREA AND TIMING THE END OF THE STORMS. OTHER PROBLEM IS STRONG
WINDS AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE.

LATEST WV SAT IMAGERY SHOWED STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT PUSHED
INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WESTERN TEXAS. 250MB JET OF 120+KT HAD
ROUNDED THE BASE OF TROUGH AND HAS BEGUN THE PROCESS OF PULLING
THIS SYSTEM NORTHEAST AS A NEGATIVE TILT TROUGH.

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS AS OF 11/08Z SHOWED LOW DEEPENING OVER
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND LOW HAS ALREADY OCCLUDED. COLD FRONT
HAD BOWED OUT FROM LOW INTO SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS AND THEN CURVED
INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. DEWPOINTS AT LEAST IN THE MIDDLE 60S WERE
AHEAD OF THE FRONT WHILE DEWPOINTS DROPPED OFF INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS BEHIND COLD FRONT. SOUTHWEST WINDS BEHIND FRONT WERE
SUSTAINED AT 30KTS ACROSS WESTERN TEXAS.

NUMEROUS TORNADO WATCHES HAVE BEEN PLACED INTO EFFECT ALONG THE
LENGTH OF SQUALL LINE THAT WAS IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. MOST OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS AS OF 11/0850Z WERE IN EASTCENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND
FROM NORTHERN KANSAS TO EASTERN NEBRASKA.

ALL MODELS SHOW INCREASING WINDS ALOFT AS JET PUNCHES INTO MISSOURI
LATER THIS MORNING. FAVORABLE WIND PROFILE AND STRENGTHENING LOW
LEVEL JET AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL KEEP STORMS ACTIVE AS COLD
FRONT APPROACHES THE CWFA.  THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...
ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE WESTERN COUNTIES BY 9 AM. THEN
THROUGH THE CENTRAL COUNTIES THROUGH 11 AM...AND THE EASTERN COUNTIES
BY 1 OR 2 PM.

AFTER COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...MUCH DRIER AIR WILL ENSUE WITH PLENTY
OF SUNSHINE. DAYTIME HEATING ALONG WITH DRY ADIABATIC LAPSE RATE...
WILL ALLOW MIXING OF 850MB WINDS OF 40 TO 50KTS DOWN TO THE SURFACE.
THEREFORE WILL GO WITH WIND ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE CWFA TODAY.
ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM TONIGHT AS MIXING WILL END AFTER SUNSET
AND SURFACE WINDS SHOULD DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

OTHERWISE CONDITIONS WILL BE RELATIVELY QUIET THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
THEN ON FRIDAY...SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP ON TAIL END OF COLD FRONT
OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND THIS WILL RESULT IN ISENTROPIC LIFT OF
MOISTURE ACROSS THE FRONT. THEREFORE THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA FRIDAY.

ADJUSTED EXTENDED BASED ON LATEST MRF RUN. REMOVED THE CHANCE OF
RAIN ON MONDAY AND ADJUSTED TEMPERATURES DOWNWARD FOR MONDAY AND
TUESDAY AS IT APPEARS A SHOT OF COLD AIR WILL ENTER THE PLAINS FOR
THE START OF NEXT WEEK.

.SGF...
KS...WIND ADVISORY TODAY THRU THIS EVENING
FOR KS ZONES 073-097-101.
MO...WIND ADVISORY TODAY THRU THIS EVENING
FOR MO ZONES 055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106.

D.STEINMETZ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 5:57 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

MOZ093>095-101>104-111700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
557 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 130...IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT WEDNESDAY. THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN MISSOURI:

BARRY...CHRISTIAN...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...STONE AND TANEY.

SOME CITIES IN THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE BRANSON...MONETT...MOUNT
VERNON...NEOSHO AND OZARK.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE
WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMDINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LINDENBERG

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 6:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-111800-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
605 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI...

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION THIS
MORNING...

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THERE IS A THREAT OF TORNADOES UNTIL NOON FOR EXTREME
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...NEWTON...MCDONALD...LAWRENCE...BARRY...CHRISTIAN...
STONE...AND TANEY.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EASTERN OKLAHOMA...TO
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS
HAD DEVELOPED FROM SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS TO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT THAT
CONTINUED TO SWEEP EASTWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS. STRONG
WINDS FROM THE SURFACE AND ALOFT...ALONG WITH GULF MOISTURE...
WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVE THIS MORNING.

THE STORMS AND THE COLD FRONT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WAS OVER WESTERN TEXAS.
THIS LOW WILL MOVE INTO NEBRASKA BY THE END OF THE DAY. THIS
WILL FORCE THE COLD FRONT TO MOVE RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS THE MISSOURI
OZARKS TODAY. THE FRONT ALONG WITH THE STORMS WILL EXIT THE
REGION BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE THIS
MORNING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.

VERY DRY AIR AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AFTER THE
COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. STRONG WINDS ALOFT...COMBINED WITH
DAYTIME HEATING...WILL ALLOW THESE WINDS TO REACH THE SURFACE.

SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR...WITH
SOME GUSTS RANGING FROM 40 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY
IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS
AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. THE WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE LATE
THIS EVENING.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS
MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

.OUTLOOK FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

D.STEINMETZ

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 9:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

MOZ055>057-066>070-077>082-088>096-112000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
935 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 131...IN
EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN MISSOURI:

BARTON...CEDAR...DADE...JASPER...LAWRENCE...NEWTON...ST. CLAIR...
VERNON...BENTON...CAMDEN...CHRISTIAN...DALLAS...DOUGLAS...GREENE...
HICKORY...LA CLEDE...MILLER...MORGAN...POLK...PULASKI...TEXAS...
WEBSTER...WRIGHT.

SOME CITIES IN THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE
JOPLIN...SPRINGFIELD...WARSAW...NEVADA...AND LEBANON

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE
WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIOaNS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

BROWNING

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 10:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

MOZ097-098-105-106-112000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1000 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 132...IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN MISSOURI:

HOWELL-OREGON-OZARK-SHANNON.

SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE
GAINESVILLE...WEST PLAINS...ALTON...AND EMINENCE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE
WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMmMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

BROWNING

Local storm report, Apr 11, 10:49 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1049 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001

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

0920 AM PITTSBURG KS WIND DAMAGE
04/11/01 CRAWFORD TREES DOWN AND
STRUCTURES DAMAGED NEAR
PITTSBURG

0929 AM LONGVIEW MO WIND DAMAGE
04/11/01 MCDONALD *** 4 INJ ***
LONGVIEW CAFE ROOF
REMOVED.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0940 AM STELLA MO WIND DAMAGE
04/11/01 NEWTON TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1000 AM STELLA MO WIND DAMAGE
04/11/01 NEWTON *** 1 INJ ***
MOBILE HOME
OVERTURNED...TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL.

1000 AM LAMAR MO WIND DAMAGE
04/11/01 BARTON TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1015 AM RICHARDS MO WIND DAMAGE
04/11/01 VERNON BARN DESTROYED.
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.

1027 AM 5 W EL DORADO SPGS MO TORNADO
04/11/01 CEDAR NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE.
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.

RUNNELS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 9:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, Newton	44 min
Apr 11, 9:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	42 min
Apr 11, 9:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	42 min
Apr 11, 10:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair	51 min
Apr 11, 10:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade	51 min
Apr 11, 10:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Lawrence, Stone	44 min
Apr 11, 10:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	48 min
Apr 11, 10:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene	44 min
Apr 11, 10:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Taney	44 min
Apr 11, 10:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory	48 min
Apr 11, 10:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Polk	48 min
Apr 11, 12:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede	25 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.