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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2003, 10:47 PM CDT for Benton County, Missouri. It was in force for 58 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
- Jul 9, 2003, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2003, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Benton County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 175 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1823 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1357 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KSGF 100347 SVRSGF MOC015-100445- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1047 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BENTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT. * AT 1045 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINDSOR...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LINCOLN BY 1055 PM CDT. COLE CAMP BY 1110 PM CDT. THE TOWN OF PALO PINTO IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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 3854 9350 3829 9350 3828 9310 3852 9313 $$ FOSTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Morgan | 67 min |
| Jul 9, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Hickory | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 58 min |
| Jul 9, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 64 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.