Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2002, 11:14 PM CDT for Christian County, Greene County, Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 61 min. 4 reports 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
- May 7, 2002, 11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2002, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Christian County, MO, Greene County, MO, Stone County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 11:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Union City, MO | |
| May 7, 11:25 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Clever, MO | |
| May 7, 11:28 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Republic, MO | |
| May 7, 11:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Reeds Spg, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 284 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -642 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1000 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 480 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 729 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 080414
SVRSGF
MOC043-077-209-080515-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1113 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
* AT 1112 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
QUARTERS...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ASH GROVE TO MARIONVILLE
TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRANE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CRANE...BILLINGS BY 1120 PM CDT.
REPUBLIC...CLEVER BY 1125 PM CDT.
WILLARD...GALENA...BROOKLINE BY 1130 PM CDT.
BATTLEFIELD BY 1135 PM CDT.
SPRINGFIELD...NIXA BY 1140 PM CDT.
OZARK BY 1150 PM CDT.
THE TOWNS OF BOIS DARC...ELSEY...HURLEY...BOAZ AND PONCE DE LEON ARE
ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.
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.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3739 9361 3708 9360 3675 9357 3675 9338
3709 9313 3740 9323
FOSTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Lawrence | 71 min |
| May 7, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 58 min |
| May 7, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 62 min |
| May 7, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Newton | 57 min |
| May 7, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 51 min |
| May 7, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 48 min |
| May 7, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Dade, Lawrence | 61 min |
| May 7, 10:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Dade, Lawrence | 6 hr |
| May 7, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 31 min |
| May 7, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 59 min |
| May 8, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Webster | 60 min |
| May 8, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 56 min |
| May 8, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 31 min |
| May 8, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 54 min |
| May 8, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 59 min |
| May 8, 4:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Polk | 56 min |
| May 8, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 50 min |
| May 8, 6:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 41 min |
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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.