Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2002, 5:51 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 2, 2002, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2002, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lawrence County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:55 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Pierce City, 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 nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 2081 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1245 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
966 WUUS53 KSGF 022251 SVRSGF MOC109-022330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 550 PM CDT FRI AUG 2 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MISSOURI * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIERCE CITY...OR NEAR MONETT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF... LAWRENCE COUNTY. THE TOWN OF FREISTATT IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 3706 9406 3694 9406 3694 9379 3707 9386 CRAMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps, Pulaski | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 5:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2002Every 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.