Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2002, 9:13 AM CDT for Howell County, Ozark County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports 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
- May 1, 2002, 9:13 AM CDT (14:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2002, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Howell County, MO, Ozark County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 9:38 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Moody, MO | |
| May 1, 9:55 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Lanton, 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 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 2133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KSGF 011413 SVRSGF MOC091-153-011500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 913 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SOUTHERN HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 1000 AM CDT * AT 912 AM 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 SOUTHEAST OF GAINESVILLE...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF MOUNTAIN HOME...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BAKERSFIELD BY 930 AM CDT. THE TOWNS OF HARDENVILLE...TECUMSEH...UDALL...CAULFIELD AND MOODY 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. LAT...LON 3670 9247 3649 9242 3650 9177 3677 9182 GAEDE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 9:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 35 min |
| May 1, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 41 min |
| May 1, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster, Wright | 40 min |
| May 1, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 31 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.