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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Springfield, MO

May 1, 2002McDonald County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2002, 6:59 PM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 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
May 1, 2002, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2002, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McDonald County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 2002-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2133 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 012359
SVRSGF
MOC119-020030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
659 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 657 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 9 MILES WEST OF WASHBURN...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF PEA
  RIDGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

THE TOWN OF POWELL IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. 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 3666 9427 3650 9418 3650 9408 3675 9407

SUTTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Ozark47 min
May 1, 9:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon35 min
May 1, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone41 min
May 1, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster, Wright40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.