Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2002, 11:11 PM CDT for Christian County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 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 23, 2002, 11:11 PM CDT (04:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2002, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Christian County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 11:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Highlandville, 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 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 1863 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
884 WUUS53 KSGF 240411 SVRSGF MOC043-240445- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1110 PM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 1108 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF NIXA...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OZARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF... CHRISTIAN COUNTY. THE TOWNS OF SPOKANE...SELMORE...CHRISTIAN CENTER...CHADWICK AND OLDFIELD ARE 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 3702 9329 3685 9333 3681 9292 3696 9292 CRAMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 54 min |
| Aug 24, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Polk | 66 min |
| Aug 24, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Texas | 38 min |
| Aug 24, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 38 min |
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.