Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2002, 6:52 PM CDT for Dade County, Jasper 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
- May 12, 2002, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2002, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dade County, MO, Jasper County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:13 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Lockwood, 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 12, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 513 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KSGF 122352
SVRSGF
MOC057-097-130030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
652 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN
DIAMETER. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARTHAGE...
OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF JOPLIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LOCKWOOD BY 710 PM CDT.
GREENFIELD BY 720 PM CDT.
THE TOWNS OF MAPLE GROVE...DUDENVILLE...MEINERT...SOUTH GREENFIELD
AND NEOLA ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3735 9427 3716 9407 3729 9405 3729 9374
3758 9363 3758 9408 3736 9411
BOOKBINDERWhat 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 May 12, 1:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 1:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 101 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002 LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER BUSY EVENING/NITE COMING ACROSS CWA. SGF RADAR SHOWING FAIRLY STRONG TSRA OVER SE KS ATTM...BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. WAITING FOR SVR TSRA BOX TO COME OUT ANY MINUTE. CLOUDS COVERS ALL CWA WHICH HAS KEPT TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 70S TO MID 60S BEHIND THE FRONT. MAIN PROBLEM IS WHAT TO DO WITH FFA. WILL KEEP CURRENT THINKING AS PREVIOUS SHIFT AND TRIM OFF THE NWRN ZONES OF CWA AND PUT A LIKELY POP...BASED ON MESO ETA QPF FIELDS. WILL KEEP THE FFA FOR REST OF CWA FOR TONIGHT. LOOKS LIKE EARLY MORNING HOURS MOST OF THE UPPER SUPPORT (5H TROF) IS PUSHING EAST OF CWA. WILL GO WITH BLEND OF ETA/MAV FOR TEMPERATURES. NICE/MILD/DRY WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST. ANOTHER 5H TROF WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT CWA BY END OF NEXT WEEK...MADE ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO CURRENT EXTENDED. WILL SEND UPDATED AFD AFTER DETERMINE FFA GOES AND UPDATE ZONES FOR NEW SVR WEATHER BOX. SS
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 12, 6:01 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...AMMENDED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
601 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0558 PM LOCKWOOD MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/12/02 DADE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, May 12, 6:33 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
633 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM ROLLA MO FLOOD
05/12/02 PHELPS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Special weather statement, May 12, 6:41 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
MOZ082-091-092-095>098-101>106-130500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 641 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 294...IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARRY...CHRISTIAN...DOUGLAS...HOWELL...MCDONALD...OREGON...OZARK... SHANNON...STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE AVA... BRANSON...HOUSTON...MONETT...OZARK AND WEST PLAINS. THIS WATCH REPLACES WATCH NUMBER 288...WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 7 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, May 12, 6:46 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
646 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM RURAL LOCATIONS MO FLOOD
05/12/02 JASPER WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN
THE SOUTHERN PART OF
THE COUNTY.Local storm report, May 12, 6:47 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
647 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM NEOSHO MO FLOOD
05/12/02 NEWTON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Special weather statement, May 12, 6:50 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
MOZ066>071-077>081-088>096-101>104-130045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 650 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 288 HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...NUMBER 294 HAS REPLACED THE OLD WATCH. LINDENBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 42 min |
| May 12, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar | 46 min |
| May 12, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 16 min |
| May 12, 2:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton | 6 hr |
| May 12, 2:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar | 6 hr |
| May 12, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar | 33 min |
| May 12, 2:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Polk | 6 hr |
| May 12, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Laclede | 37 min |
| May 12, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 43 min |
| May 12, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 41 min |
| May 12, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Pulaski | 45 min |
| May 12, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas | 6 hr |
| May 12, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Polk | 43 min |
| May 12, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Phelps | 41 min |
| May 12, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 51 min |
| May 12, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 48 min |
| May 12, 4:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dade | 3 hr |
| May 12, 4:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Laclede, Pulaski | 3 hr |
| May 12, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 40 min |
| May 12, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Pulaski, Texas | 44 min |
| May 12, 4:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Phelps | 3 hr |
| May 12, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps | 39 min |
| May 12, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Jasper, Lawrence | 50 min |
| May 12, 5:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 3 hr |
| May 12, 5:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 3 hr |
| May 12, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 42 min |
| May 12, 6:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent | 3 hr |
| May 12, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Hickory, St. Clair | 40 min |
| May 12, 6:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Hickory | 3 hr |
| May 12, 6:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller | 3 hr |
| May 12, 6:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 3 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.