Severe Thunderstorm Warning 287, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Aug 24, 2002, 12:26 PM CDT (17:26 UTC)

Expired

Aug 24, 2002, 1:00 PM CDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dade County, MO

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.

944 
WUUS53 KSGF 241726
SVRSGF
MOC057-241800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1226 PM CDT SAT AUG 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DADE COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1224 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
  GREENFIELD...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF STOCKTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
  DADE COUNTY.

THE TOWNS OF SOUTH GREENFIELD AND DADEVILLE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 3758 9408 3730 9409 3729 9364 3757 9363

LINDENBERG

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 24, 11:46 AM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1146 AM CDT SAT AUG 24 2002

IN THE VERY SHORT TERM...UPDATED PUBLIC FORECAST...MAINLY TO CLEAN
UP WORDING. WEAKENING CONVECTIVE COMPLEX HAVING A TOUGH TIME MOVING
INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...BUT CLOUD COVER WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES
DOWN ALONG THE KS BORDER AND HAVE LOWERED AFTERNOON HIGHS A CATEGORY
OR TWO. STILL LOOKS LIKE DIURNAL CONVECTION COULD REDEVELOP ALONG
DIFFUSE FRONTAL ZONE OVER SOUTHERN MO. ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL
ALSO STIR THE CONVECTIVE POT...SO WILL LEAVE RAIN CHANCES ALONE.

PRELIMINARY LOOK AT THE EXTENDED FORECAST...

MODELS STILL CONSISTENT MOVING 5H SHORTWAVE THROUGH MO SUNDAY THEN
DEVELOPING CUTOFF OVER TN AND KEEPING IT THERE THROUGH THURSDAY.
WITH BLOCKIER TYPE PATTERN..AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT...MODEL TO MODEL AND
RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY LACKING. IN GENERAL...IT LOOKS AS LIKE UPPER
RIDGE IS STRONGER OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. AND ONLY ALLOWS LIMITED
SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO DROP SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA. FIRST
INCLINATION IS TO REMOVE RAIN CHANCES THU AND FRI. DIURNAL
CONVECTION A CONCERN FOR EASTERN COUNTIES A CONCERN CLOSER TO THE
CUTOFF LOW NEXT WEEK...BUT SHOULD BE SPOTTY AND NOT ENOUGH TO
MENTION IN THE FORECAST ATTM.

.SGF...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.

DSA

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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