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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Springfield, MO

April 24, 2003Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2003, 10:07 PM CDT for Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 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 24, 2003, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2003, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Webster County, MO

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 24, 6:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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: 746 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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

872 
WUUS53 KSGF 250307
SVRSGF
MOC225-250330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1007 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
  NICKELS...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR SEYMOUR...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF AVA...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

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 3717 9296 3706 9289 3707 9269 3738 9269

$$

JLT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	63 min
Apr 24, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede, Wright	41 min
Apr 24, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	46 min
Apr 24, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	43 min
Apr 24, 7:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas	6 hr
Apr 24, 7:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton	6 hr
Apr 24, 7:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Ozark	6 hr
Apr 24, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	66 min
Apr 24, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Polk, Texas	49 min
Apr 24, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Morgan	46 min
Apr 24, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Hickory, St. Clair	56 min
Apr 24, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	39 min
Apr 24, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	49 min
Apr 24, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian	67 min
Apr 24, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller, Morgan	50 min
Apr 24, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Polk	65 min
Apr 24, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Hickory	48 min
Apr 24, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Webster	53 min
Apr 24, 9:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden	6 hr
Apr 24, 9:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden	42 min
Apr 24, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Webster	38 min
Apr 24, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	46 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.