Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2002, 12:53 AM CST for Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 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
- Mar 9, 2002, 12:53 AM CST (06:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2002, 1:45 AM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Newton County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 1:10 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Neosho, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 11:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 414 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KSGF 090653 SVRSGF MOC145-090745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1253 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NEWTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI * UNTIL 145 AM CST * AT 1252 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CARTERVILLE TO ANDERSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... NEOSHO BY 100 AM CST. DIAMOND BY 105 AM CST. GRANBY BY 115 AM CST. FAIRVIEW BY 135 AM CST. THE TOWNS OF SHOAL CREEK ESTATES...DENNIS ACRES...REDINGS MILL... CLIFF VILLAGE AND STARK CITY ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. 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. LAT...LON 3708 9459 3677 9464 3677 9410 3704 9406 FOSTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 11:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 68 min |
| Mar 9, 12:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 62 min |
| Mar 9, 12:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Cedar, Hickory, St. Clair | 40 min |
| Mar 9, 1:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 25 min |
| Mar 9, 1:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 46 min |
| Mar 9, 1:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 1:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 46 min |
| Mar 9, 1:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 41 min |
| Mar 9, 1:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 1:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 49 min |
| Mar 9, 2:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 43 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.