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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Springfield, MO

August 24, 2002Oregon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2002, 3:52 PM CDT for Oregon County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 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: Aug 24, 2002, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2002, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oregon County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 215 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 840 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1131 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

828 
WUUS53 KSGF 242052
SVRSGF
MOC149-242130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN OREGON COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 350 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 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BIRCH TREE...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST PLAINS...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   ALTON BY 410 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF THOMASVILLE AND GREER 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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3688 9166 3668 9168 3658 9112 3682 9113
          3682 9123 3688 9124

LINDENBERG

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, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian	34 min
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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2002 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.