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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

March 9, 2002Camden County, Dallas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2002, 1:52 AM CST for Camden County, Dallas County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2002, 1:52 AM CST (07:52 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2002, 2:30 AM CST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Camden County, MO, Dallas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:52 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
Mar 9, 2:15 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 58 E	Long Lane, 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
Mar 8, 11:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 282 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 414 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 090752
SVRSGF
MOC029-059-090830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
151 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DALLAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 230 AM CST

* AT 147 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
  MILES WEST OF LAURIE TO PLEASANT HOPE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   BUFFALO BY 200 AM CST.
   CAMDENTON BY 210 AM CST.

THE TOWNS OF LOUISBURG...BARNUMTON...BRANCH...TUNAS AND PUMPKIN
CENTER ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.

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

SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3820 9298 3792 9308 3788 9319 3752 9323
          3751 9291 3788 9288 3798 9267 3819 9265
          3815 9285

FOSTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 11:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	68 min
Mar 9, 12:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	62 min
Mar 9, 12:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Cedar, Hickory, St. Clair	40 min
Mar 9, 12:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	52 min
Mar 9, 1:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade	25 min
Mar 9, 1:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	46 min
Mar 9, 1:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	50 min
Mar 9, 1:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Polk	46 min
Mar 9, 1:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	41 min
Mar 9, 1:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	49 min
Mar 9, 2:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede	43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.