Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 223, NWS Springfield, MO
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 6, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 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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</html>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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</html>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. LINDENBERG
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 51 min |
| May 5, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 56 min |
| May 5, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 53 min |
| May 5, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 57 min |
| May 5, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell | 45 min |
| May 5, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 55 min |
| May 6, 5:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 50 min |
| May 6, 6:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 66 min |
| May 6, 6:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Lawrence | 56 min |
| May 6, 7:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 31 min |
| May 6, 7:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 57 min |
| May 6, 8:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Webster | 62 min |
| May 6, 8:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 41 min |
| May 6, 8:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Vernon | 42 min |
| May 6, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 57 min |
| May 6, 9:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 68 min |
| May 6, 9:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 49 min |
| May 6, 10:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton, Hickory | 56 min |
| May 6, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 42 min |
| May 6, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 49 min |
| May 6, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Morgan | 41 min |
| May 6, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton | 36 min |
| May 6, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Vernon | 44 min |
| May 6, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 58 min |
| May 6, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Morgan | 36 min |
| May 6, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton | 50 min |
| May 6, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Miller | 51 min |
| May 6, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden | 50 min |
| May 6, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Morgan | 51 min |
| May 6, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 35 min |
| May 6, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Hickory | 42 min |
| May 6, 4:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 6 hr |
| May 6, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton | 37 min |
| May 6, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden | 53 min |
| May 6, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Miller | 50 min |
| May 6, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Vernon | 59 min |
| May 6, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 56 min |
| May 6, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Hickory | 30 min |
| May 6, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 57 min |
| May 6, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 40 min |
| May 6, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 67 min |
| May 6, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Miller | 22 min |
| May 6, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden | 36 min |
| May 6, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Maries | 62 min |
| May 6, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 60 min |
| May 6, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, St. Clair | 58 min |
| May 6, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Phelps | 58 min |
| May 6, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 55 min |
| May 6, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 51 min |
| May 6, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Hickory | 60 min |
| May 6, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 57 min |
| May 6, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 66 min |
| May 6, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 55 min |
| May 6, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dade | 51 min |
| May 6, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 61 min |
| May 6, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Polk | 57 min |
| May 6, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Lawrence | 39 min |
| May 6, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden | 49 min |
| May 6, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 56 min |
| May 6, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 50 min |
| May 6, 6:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 50 min |
| May 6, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 58 min |
| May 6, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 15 min |
| May 6, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 39 min |
| May 6, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 48 min |
| May 6, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 58 min |
| May 6, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003
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.