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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 223, NWS Springfield, MO

May 6, 2003Laclede County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2003, 6:44 PM CDT for Laclede County, Missouri. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2003, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2003, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Laclede County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
May 6, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 6, 2:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 2:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 1:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-071100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
POSSIBLE TORNADOES

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI WEST OF A LINE FROM
VERSAILLES TO GAINESVILLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BY 2 PM. THE SEVERE
THREAT WILL SPREAD INTO THE EASTERN OZARKS INCLUDING THE ROLLA AND
WEST PLAINS AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE
STORM THREAT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

  DISCUSSION:

LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL MOVE
INTO MISSOURI THIS EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE AHEAD OF
THIS SYSTEM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND PROFILE WITH HEIGHT IS
FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS...WITH SOME TORNADIC SUPERCELLS POSSIBLE.
ORGANIZED STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP FIRST IN COUNTIES ALONG THE
WESTERN MISSOURI STATE LINE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE EAST
AND NORTHEAST INTO THE OZARKS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING HOURS. OTHER SCATTERED STORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE
OZARKS WELL AHEAD OF THE MAIN BAND OF ORGANIZED STORMS THIS
AFTERNOON.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF
A LINE FROM WARSAW TO BUFFALO TO FORSYTH THROUGH 7 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

AFTER A BRIEF BREAK ON WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN
BECOME LIKELY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE CHANCE FOR STORMS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER
WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF

DSA

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 6:17 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
617 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0616 PM    ROLLA                     MO   1 INCH HAIL
05/06/03   PHELPS                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
Local storm report, May 6, 6:18 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 6, 6:25 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
625 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0522 PM    VERSAILLES                MO   WIND DAMAGE
05/06/03   MORGAN                         PACE RD MULTIPLE TREES
                                          DOWN 18-20 INCHES ALSO
                                          A BARN ROOF BLOWN OFF.
                                          THIS IS BETWEEN ELDON
                                          AND BARNETT. REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
                                          OFFICIAL.

0620 PM    NEOSHO                    MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03   NEWTON                         REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.
Local storm report, May 6, 6:30 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
630 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0627 PM    4 W PITTSBURG             MO   .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03   HICKORY                        REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.
Special weather statement, May 6, 6:34 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
MOZ057-058-068>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-070500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
634 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 276...IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS TORNADO WATCH
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN MISSOURI:

BARRY...BARTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS...DENT...
DOUGLAS...GREENE...HICKORY...HOWELL...JASPER...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...
MARIES...MCDONALD...MILLER...NEWTON...OREGON...OZARK...PHELPS...
POLK...PULASKI...SHANNON...STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...WEBSTER AND
WRIGHT.

SOME CITIES IN THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...
CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...LEBANON...
MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...OSAGE BEACH...OZARK...ROLLA...
SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON AND WEST PLAINS.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE
WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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Local storm report, May 6, 6:41 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
641 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0527 PM    SGF DOWNTOWN ARPT         MO   63 MPH TSTM GUST
05/06/03   GREENE

0535 PM    PINEVILLE                 MO   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/06/03   MCDONALD                       REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0535 PM    JANE                      MO   .88 INCH HAIL
05/06/03   MCDONALD                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney51 min
May 5, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark56 min
May 5, 10:07 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFOzark53 min
May 5, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell57 min
May 5, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFHowell45 min
May 5, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry55 min
May 6, 5:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton50 min
May 6, 6:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper66 min
May 6, 6:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Lawrence56 min
May 6, 7:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence31 min
May 6, 7:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene57 min
May 6, 8:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Webster62 min
May 6, 8:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon41 min
May 6, 8:48 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFVernon42 min
May 6, 9:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair57 min
May 6, 9:22 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFSt. Clair68 min
May 6, 9:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon49 min
May 6, 10:04 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFBenton, Hickory56 min
May 6, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton42 min
May 6, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon49 min
May 6, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMorgan41 min
May 6, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBenton36 min
May 6, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFVernon44 min
May 6, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFSt. Clair58 min
May 6, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMorgan36 min
May 6, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBenton50 min
May 6, 3:54 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMiller51 min
May 6, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden50 min
May 6, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMorgan51 min
May 6, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFSt. Clair35 min
May 6, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFHickory42 min
May 6, 4:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Morgan6 hr
May 6, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBenton37 min
May 6, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden53 min
May 6, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMiller50 min
May 6, 4:46 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFVernon59 min
May 6, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper56 min
May 6, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Hickory30 min
May 6, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton57 min
May 6, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFPulaski40 min
May 6, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton67 min
May 6, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMiller22 min
May 6, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden36 min
May 6, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMaries62 min
May 6, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper60 min
May 6, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, St. Clair58 min
May 6, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFPhelps58 min
May 6, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade55 min
May 6, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski51 min
May 6, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory60 min
May 6, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk57 min
May 6, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton66 min
May 6, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton55 min
May 6, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDade51 min
May 6, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry61 min
May 6, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFPolk57 min
May 6, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Lawrence39 min
May 6, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden49 min
May 6, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon56 min
May 6, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian50 min
May 6, 6:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon50 min
May 6, 7:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon58 min
May 6, 8:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon15 min
May 6, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon39 min
May 6, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBourbon48 min
May 6, 4:07 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBourbon58 min
May 6, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee61 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.