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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 292, NWS Springfield, MO

June 10, 2003Greene County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2003, 7:49 PM CDT for Greene County, Missouri. It was in force for 56 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, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2003, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greene County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 42 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: 3276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 5.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

353 
WUUS53 KSGF 110049
SVRSGF
MOC077-110145-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.

* AT 745 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 BILLINGS...OR 10 MILES EAST OF MOUNT VERNON...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   REPUBLIC BY 800 PM CDT.
   BROOKLINE...BATTLEFIELD BY 810 PM CDT.
   SPRINGFIELD BY 825 PM CDT.
   STRAFFORD BY 845 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF BASSVILLE IS 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 3718 9365 3707 9365 3711 9362 3710 9342
          3710 9310 3738 9309

$$

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, 6:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 6:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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

.MESO-SCALE DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN
ACROSS THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION.  ALTHOUGH THE OVERALL
INTENSITY HAD DIMINISHED...FLOODING WILL BE AN INCREASING THREAT
WITH ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES
HAD FALLEN FROM THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS TO JUST NORTH OF ROLLA WITH
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS NEAR 5 INCHES IN NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY. THIS AREA
OF STORMS BEING ENHANCED UNDER UPPER DIFFLUENCE AHEAD OF THE CLEARLY
DEFINED SHORTWAVE WAS MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS OKLAHOMA.

A SURFACE BOUNDARY HAD STALLED FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI TO SOUTHEAST
KANSAS UNDERNEATH THE DEVELOPING DEFORMATION ZONE ASSOCIATED WITH
THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH.  FOCUS OF NEW CONVECTION LAST COUPLE OF HOURS
HAS BEEN ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS FRONT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND ALSO OVER NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA UNDER
MID LEVEL COLD POOL.

STORMS ALSO INCREASING ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ON THE NOSE OF MID
LEVEL DRY SLOT AND STEEPENING LAPSE RATES. 0-6KM WIND SHEAR WAS A
LITTLE STRONGER ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WITH SPEEDS NEAR
40KTS. THIS MAY SUPPORT ROTATING UPDRAFTS AND AN INCREASED SEVERE
THREAT. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

STORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT MAY CONGEAL INTO A LINEAR MCS
OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES AND INTERSECTS THE
BOUNDARY.  THIS CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WOULD THEN SAG SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE AREA.

FLOODING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT SOME
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

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

FOSTER

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 1:05 PM CDT, 6 hours 44 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, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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

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

0600 PM    VICHY                     MO   .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/03   MARIES                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jun 10, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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

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

0630 PM    NEOSHO                    MO   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   NEWTON                         GREENHOUSE ROOF BLOWN
                                          ONTO SOME CARS AT
                                          WALMART. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jun 10, 6:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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

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

0630 PM    NEOSHO                    MO   FLOOD
06/10/03   NEWTON                         WIDESPREAD STREET
                                          FLOODING IN NEOSHO.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jun 10, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour before

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

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

0635 PM    6 NW CAMDENTON            MO   .88 INCH HAIL
06/10/03   CAMDEN                         REPORTED BY RESORT AREA.

Local storm report, Jun 10, 6:56 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

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

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

0620 PM    NEOSHO                    MO   .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/03   NEWTON                         REPORTED AT GOLF COURSE.
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:45 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

KSZ073-097-MOZ055>057-066>069-077-078-110115-

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 504...IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING...HAS EXPIRED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN MISSOURI:

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

AND IN KANSAS:

BOURBON AND CRAWFORD.

ALTHOUGH THE WATCH HAS EXPIRED...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
WILL BE LIKELY OVERNIGHT.

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

FOSTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	56 min
Jun 10, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	65 min
Jun 10, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	44 min
Jun 10, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	29 min
Jun 10, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	66 min
Jun 10, 8:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Morgan	5 hr
Jun 10, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	58 min
Jun 10, 8:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Miller	5 hr
Jun 10, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian	53 min
Jun 10, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	55 min
Jun 10, 9:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Wright	53 min
Jun 10, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	61 min
Jun 10, 9:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Maries	5 hr
Jun 10, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	59 min
Jun 10, 10:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Newton	6 hr
Jun 11, 3:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	3 hr

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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.