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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Springfield, MO

May 8, 20025 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2002, 9:40 PM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 65 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 8, 2002, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2002, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 9:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EEl Dorado Spgs, MO
May 8, 9:45 PM CDTHail 1Lamar, MO
May 8, 9:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EMilo, MO
May 8, 10:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60 EGreenfield, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 105 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2002-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1675 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2002-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 285 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1675 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
375 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.9
Supercell composite
13.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 090240
SVRSGF
MOC011-039-057-185-217-090345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
940 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  EASTERN VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 938 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 6 MILES EAST OF SCHELL CITY TO JASPER...AND MOVING EAST AT 40
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   EL DORADO SPRINGS BY 945 PM CDT.
   OSCEOLA...LOWRY CITY...GOLDEN CITY BY 1000 PM CDT.
   STOCKTON...LOCKWOOD BY 1010 PM CDT.
   GREENFIELD BY 1020 PM CDT.
   EVERTON BY 1030 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF LAMAR HEIGHTS...TABERVILLE...OAKTON...IRWIN AND IANTHA
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.

LAT...LON 3823 9410 3734 9454 3729 9362 3774 9361
          3822 9354

BOOKBINDER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk21 min
May 8, 10:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton3 hr
May 8, 10:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMorgan3 hr
May 8, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton44 min
May 8, 10:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton3 hr
May 8, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Polk44 min
May 8, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene41 min
May 8, 11:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMiller3 hr
May 9, 12:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMaries, Phelps, Pulaski3 hr

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.