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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Springfield, MO

May 1, 2003Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2003, 8:50 AM CDT for Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 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, 2003, 8:50 AM CDT (13:50 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2003, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Shannon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 2003-05-01Temperature 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 2003-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -340 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
816 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-340 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

462 
WUUS53 KSGF 011350
SVRSGF
MOC203-011430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
850 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHANNON COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT.

* AT 848 AM 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 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINONA...OR 29 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST
  PLAINS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   WINONA BY 905 AM CDT.
   EMINENCE BY 920 AM CDT.

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 AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3690 9159 3688 9138 3693 9121 3716 9109
          3729 9132 3708 9165

$$

LINDENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair44 min
Apr 30, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon56 min
May 1, 1:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFVernon6 hr
May 1, 3:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade51 min
May 1, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene57 min
May 1, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton62 min
May 1, 5:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence40 min
May 1, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade45 min
May 1, 5:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene49 min
May 1, 5:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence50 min
May 1, 5:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon48 min
May 1, 5:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian65 min
May 1, 6:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene35 min
May 1, 6:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone40 min
May 1, 6:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster50 min
May 1, 6:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright62 min
May 1, 7:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas43 min
May 1, 7:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas53 min
May 1, 7:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell39 min
May 1, 8:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Ozark49 min
May 1, 8:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon64 min
May 1, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald58 min
May 1, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry65 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.