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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

March 15, 2002Ozark County, Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2002, 3:01 PM CST for Ozark County, Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 2002, 3:01 PM CST (21:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 2002, 3:45 PM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ozark County, MO, Taney County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 12:00Z on 2002-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2002-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 365 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
498 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 152101
SVRSGF
MOC153-213-152145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
258 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN OZARK COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  EASTERN TANEY COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 345 PM CST

* AT 250 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF DIAMOND CITY...OR 13 MILES 
  NORTHEAST OF HARRISON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
  TANEY AND OZARK COUNTIES.

THE TOWNS OF PROTEM...RUETER...THEODOSIA...LONG RUN AND THORNFIELD
ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3645 9315 3632 9300 3663 9255 3681 9254
          3682 9279

BROWNING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 1:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene24 min
Mar 15, 2:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone39 min
Mar 15, 2:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Taney45 min
Mar 15, 2:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney39 min
Mar 15, 2:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Pulaski46 min
Mar 15, 4:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell38 min
Mar 15, 4:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.