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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Springfield, MO

July 9, 2003Benton County, Missouri

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 9, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1823 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair63 min
Jul 9, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar53 min
Jul 9, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan67 min
Jul 9, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory60 min
Jul 9, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk58 min
Jul 9, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas64 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.