Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Springfield, MO

April 27, 2002Cedar County, Dade County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2002, 6:33 PM CDT for Cedar County, Dade County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 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
Apr 27, 2002, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2002, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 2002-04-27Temperature 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 2002-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 458 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
458 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
535 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

203 
WUUS53 KSGF 272333
SVRSGF
MOC039-057-280015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
632 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
  QUARTERS...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF GOLDEN CITY...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  STOCKTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   GREENFIELD BY 640 PM CDT.
   STOCKTON BY 655 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF SYLVANIA...CEDARVILLE...JERICO SPRINGS...NEOLA AND
ARCOLA ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3775 9408 3735 9410 3742 9363 3782 9363

JLT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.