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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Springfield, MO

June 10, 2003Miller County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2003, 3:27 PM CDT for Miller County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 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: Jun 10, 2003, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2003, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Miller County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 200 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: 521 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -277 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 424 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 496 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 13.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

533 
WUUS53 KSGF 102027
SVRSGF
MOC131-102115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
327 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MILLER COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT.

* AT 324 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 NEAR ELDON...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF OSAGE BEACH...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

THE TOWNS OF AURORA SPRINGS...OLEAN...ETTERVILLE AND MARYS HOME ARE
ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE
A VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3842 9261 3824 9263 3823 9220 3832 9221
          3833 9243 3842 9243

$$

CRAMER

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 Jun 10, 1:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 1:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
134 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

...WELL ADVERTISED ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS KNOCK KNOCK KNOCKIN ON
OUR DOOR...

SHORT TERM CONCERNS ARE OBVIOUSLY CENTERED AROUND THE CONVECTION
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FRONTAL/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER CENTRAL MO
AND KS SHOULD BEGIN TO SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTHWARD DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS. PWS AROUND 2 INCHES WILL COMBINE WITH SLOW STORM MOVEMENT TO
LEAD TO THE THREAT OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. GIVEN THE SLOW STORM
MOVEMENT AND POTENTIAL OF CELL TRAINING WOULDNT BE AT ALL
SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW LOCATIONS END UP WITH MORE THAN 4 INCHES.
WHILE HEAVIEST RAINFALL TOTALS FROM THIS MORNING AND LOWEST FFG ARE
OVER OUR EASTERN COUNTIES...THE POTENTIAL MAGNITUDE OF THE HEAVY
RAINFALL JUSTIFIES A FLOOD WATCH ALL LOCATIONS.

18Z SOUNDING IN THROUGH 400 MB SHOWS AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE
ENVIRONMENT WITH AN LI OF -11C. THERE IS A VERY SMALL CAP ON THE
ORDER OF ABOUT 1 DEGREE CELSIUS...WHICH SHOULDNT BE TOO DIFFICULT
TO OVERCOME THIS AFTERNOON. WIND FIELDS NOT ALL THAT GREAT BUT WITH
SUCH EXTREME INSTABILITY ORGANIZED MULTICELLS COULD CERTAINLY GO ON
TO PRODUCE SOME GOOD (WELL BAD I GUESS) SIZED HAIL WITH DAMAGING
WIND POTENTIAL INCREASING AS THE STORMS MORPH INTO LINE SEGMENTS
THIS EVENING.

BEYOND THE SHORT TERM VERY FEW CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE GRIDS.
MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE A MEANDERING FRONT IN AND ABOUT THE
AREA FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. POSSIBILITY OF A CUT OFF LOW
FORMING NEAR THE END OF THE EXTENDED CERTAINLY COULD BE BAD NEWS IF
WE ACTUALLY DE REACH OUR RAINFALL POTENTIAL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS.

ALL GRIDS ARE OUT.

THANKS FOR COORD LSX/TSA/ICT

.SGF...
.MO...FLOOD WATCH WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT.
.KS...FLOOD WATCH WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 1:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-110000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
105 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS CONTAINING:
    HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER
    DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH

  EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK
  AREA AFTER 2 PM...OVERSPREADING THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
  BY EVENING.

  DISCUSSION:

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS
  AFTERNOON...WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY BECOMING SEVERE.
  THE GREATEST THREAT WILL LIKELY BE FROM LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
  GOLF BALLS OR LARGER AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH. WHILE AN
  ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...CONDITIONS ARE NOT
  ALL THAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOS THIS AFTERNOON.

  IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
  WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD
  PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN LESS THAN AN
  HOUR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WOULD LEAD TO FLASH
  FLOODING.

  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE
  OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FOR MORE DETAILED
  INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT
  (STLFFASGF)...OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF.

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

  SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
  NEXT WEEK. IT IS DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT TIMING AND INTENSITY OF
  THESE THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY
  RAINFALL...FLOODING...AND SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DO APPEAR TO
  BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED 2 PM.

&&

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

IZZI

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 11:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1159 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

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

0555 AM    OSCEOLA                   MO   .88 INCH HAIL
06/10/03   ST.CLAIR                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0635 AM    DIXON                     MO   .88 INCH HAIL
06/10/03   PULASKI                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0645 AM    5 N WARSAW                MO   .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/03   BENTON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0700 AM    MARSHFIELD                MO   .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/03   WEBSTER                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0702 AM    4 N MARSHFIELD            MO   .88 INCH HAIL
06/10/03   WEBSTER                        REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

Local storm report, Jun 10, 12:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1221 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

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

0830 AM    PRESTON                   MO   .88 INCH HAIL
06/10/03   HICKORY                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-089>092-096>098-105-106-101800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1250 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 503 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSOURI:

BARTON...BENTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...DADE...DALLAS...DENT...DOUGLAS...
GREENE...HICKORY...HOWELL...LACLEDE...MARIES...MILLER...MORGAN...
OREGON...OZARK...PHELPS...POLK...PULASKI...SHANNON...ST. CLAIR...
TEXAS...VERNON...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT.

A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.

TERRY

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 1:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

KSZ073-097-MOZ055>057-066>069-077-078-110000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 504...IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING. THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN MISSOURI:

BARTON...BENTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...HICKORY...MILLER...MORGAN...ST.
CLAIR AND VERNON.

AND IN KANSAS:

BOURBON AND CRAWFORD.

SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE CAMDENTON...
FORT SCOTT...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...PITTSBURG AND STOCKTON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

TERRY

Local storm report, Jun 10, 2:35 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
235 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

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

0230 PM    COLE CAMP                 MO   .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/03   BENTON                         PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL.
                                          REPORTED BY VOLUNTEER
                                          WEATHER OBSERVER.

Local storm report, Jun 10, 3:13 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
313 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

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

0305 PM    BARNUMTON                 MO   .88 INCH HAIL
06/10/03   CAMDEN                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 5:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory, St. Clair	50 min
Jun 10, 6:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps, Pulaski	44 min
Jun 10, 6:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	50 min
Jun 10, 6:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	49 min
Jun 10, 7:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	50 min
Jun 10, 7:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	48 min
Jun 10, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	54 min
Jun 10, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	61 min
Jun 10, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	45 min
Jun 10, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	66 min
Jun 10, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	50 min
Jun 10, 3:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Morgan	4 hr
Jun 10, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	65 min
Jun 10, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	62 min
Jun 10, 4:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Miller	4 hr
Jun 10, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries	60 min
Jun 10, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Pulaski	42 min
Jun 10, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries	38 min
Jun 10, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	60 min
Jun 10, 6:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Newton	4 hr
Jun 10, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	52 min
Jun 10, 6:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden	6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2003 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.