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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 339, NWS Springfield, MO

July 11, 2003Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2003, 10:43 PM CDT for Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 77 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 11, 2003, 10:43 PM CDT (03:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2003, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 77 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Taney County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 11, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 66 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: 1159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 309 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 4.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

358 
WUUS53 KSGF 120343
SVRSGF
MOC213-120500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1043 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

* AT 1037 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OZARK TO 9 MILES NORTH OF REEDS SPRING
  TO REEDS SPRING TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GALENA TO 10 MILES EAST OF
  CASSVILLE TO CASSVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   BRANSON...ROCKAWAY BEACH...MERRIAM WOODS BY 1055 PM CDT.
   TANEYVILLE BY 1100 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF WALNUT SHADE...EDGEWATER BEACH...OZARK BEACH...
KIRBYVILLE AND POWERSITE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE 
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A 
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3681 9331 3651 9330 3652 9280 3680 9280

$$

IZZI

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 Jul 11, 9:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 9:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

MESOSCALE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
930 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

.DISCUSSION...
LATEST SATELLITE/PROFILERS AND RADAR CONTINUE TO INDICATE STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PROPAGATING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 45 KTS ACROSS
SOUTHERN MISSOURI. DEEP LAYER SHEAR REMAINS HIGH (50-65 KTS) OVER
THE REGION WITH GOOD VEERING FROM THE SURFACE TO 50H. LOWEST 5K WIND
PROFILER NETWORK HAS INDICATED A STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET OVER
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS SINCE 01Z. ALSO VIS/FOG
SATELLITE HAS AN INCREASE AMOUNT OF CUMULUS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL
MISSOURI DURING THE LAST HOUR...WITH CONVECTION RE-DEVELOPING OVER
CENTRAL MISSOURI ALONG GREATEST 85H THETA-E AXIS.

IF CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE ORIENTATION OF THE LOW
LEVEL JET INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS...RE-DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION WILL
CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI DURING THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...WHICH MEANS THE INCREASE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY/FLOODING RAINS.

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.MO...NONE.
.KS...NONE.

JLT

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 10:25 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-121100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1025 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

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

.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...SCATTERED STORMS MAY
  CONTAIN:
    HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS.
    WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS 60 MPH.

  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG A STRONG
  MOISTURE AXIS LINE FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS...EASTWARD THROUGH
  SOUTHERN MISSOURI DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SEVERE HAIL AND
  HIGH WIND EVENT WILL LIKELY DIMINISH BY 1 AM...HOWEVER...THE
  THREAT OF FLOODING WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AS RAINFALL WILL LIKELY
  CONTINUE OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL FRIDAY
  EVENING.

  DISCUSSION:

  A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE
  MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT. AS THE DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA
  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ALONG A DEVELOP
  LOW LEVEL JET AND THETA-E RIDGE AXIS LINE OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

  IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THREAT...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL. AT THIS TIME CONDITIONS DO NOT FAVOR AN
  SIGNIFICANT FLOODING EVENT...BUT ISOLATED FLOODING IS LIKELY AS
  THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOW LEVEL JET BECOMES MORE PRONOUNCED
  OVERNIGHT. SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
  INCHES TONIGHT...WITH ISOLATED THREE TO FOUR INCH AMOUNTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

  THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STALL OUT OVER SOUTHERN
  MISSOURI TOMORROW. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED
  ALONG THE BOUNDARY DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. IT IS UNCLEAR HOW
  TONIGHTS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CLOUD COVER AND SUBSEQUENT
  INSTABILITY...HOWEVER IF THE ATMOSPHERE DOES DESTABILIZE...WIND
  FIELDS WILL REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AGAIN ON SATURDAY.

  THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS
  YET ANOTHER DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THROUGH 3 AM OVER MOST OF SOUTHERN
  MISSOURI.

&&

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

JLT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 11, 9:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
942 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

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

0925 PM    ARMA                      KS   1 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   CRAWFORD                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0930 PM    7 W WEST EMINENCE         MO   .75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   SHANNON                        REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 9:45 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-120800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
945 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 729...IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN MISSOURI:

BARRY...BARTON...BENTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...
DALLAS...DENT...DOUGLAS...GREENE...HICKORY...HOWELL...JASPER...
LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...MARIES...MCDONALD...MILLER...MORGAN...NEWTON...
OREGON...OZARK...PHELPS...POLK...PULASKI...SHANNON...ST. CLAIR...
STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...VERNON...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT.

IN KANSAS:

BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD.

SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE AVA...
BOLIVAR...BRANSON...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...
HOUSTON...JOPLIN...LEBANON...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...
NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...OZARK...PITTSBURG...ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD...
STOCKTON AND WEST PLAINS.

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

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.

FOSTER

Local storm report, Jul 11, 9:58 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
958 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

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

0925 PM    ARMA                      KS   1 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   CRAWFORD                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0948 PM    4 S MINDENMINES           MO   .75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   BARTON                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jul 11, 10:05 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1005 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

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

0558 PM    6 S WARSAW                MO   1 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   BENTON                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0615 PM    2 E TUNAS                 MO   WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03   DALLAS                         TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY
                                          E. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0620 PM    FRISTOE                   MO   1 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   BENTON                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0625 PM    BENNETT SPRINGS           MO   WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03   LACLEDE                        TREE DOWN ON LARGE TENT.
                                          INJURIES. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0625 PM    BENNETT SPGS              MO   .75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   LACLEDE                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0707 PM    3 N GROVESPRING           MO   .88 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   WRIGHT                         REPORTED BY .

0745 PM    4 SW BRINKTOWN            MO   WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03   MARIES                         TREES FELL ACROSS HIGHWAY
                                          BB. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0800 PM    ST ROBERT                 MO   1 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   PULASKI                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0845 PM    LICKING                   MO   .75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   TEXAS                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0847 PM    MAPLETON                  KS   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   BOURBON                        REPORTED BY TRAINED STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0923 PM    LOWRY CITY                MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   ST.CLAIR                       REPORTED BY VOLUNTEER
                                          WEATHER OBSERVER.

0925 PM    ARMA                      KS   1 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   CRAWFORD                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0930 PM    7 W WEST EMINENCE         MO   .75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   SHANNON                        REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

0948 PM    4 S MINDENMINES           MO   .75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   BARTON                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0958 PM    6 S BIRCH TREE            MO   .88 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   SHANNON                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jul 11, 10:33 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1033 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

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

1020 PM    MARIONVILLE               MO   WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03   LAWRENCE                       TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

1029 PM    ALTON                     MO   1 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   OREGON                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jul 11, 10:36 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1036 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

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

1020 PM    MARIONVILLE               MO   WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03   LAWRENCE                       TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

1023 PM    3 S HIGHLANDVILLE         MO   .75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   CHRISTIAN                      REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Pulaski	64 min
Jul 11, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas	49 min
Jul 11, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps	53 min
Jul 11, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	66 min
Jul 11, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	60 min
Jul 11, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	54 min
Jul 11, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	52 min
Jul 11, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton	63 min
Jul 11, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	56 min
Jul 11, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Hickory	57 min
Jul 11, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	65 min
Jul 11, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Morgan	59 min
Jul 11, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Stone	80 min
Jul 11, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	61 min
Jul 11, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	60 min
Jul 11, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	63 min
Jul 11, 11:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent	4 hr
Jul 11, 11:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Phelps	4 hr
Jul 11, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	52 min
Jul 12, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	73 min
Jul 12, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	65 min
Jul 12, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade	53 min
Jul 12, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	46 min
Jul 12, 1:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	3 hr
Jul 12, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	80 min
Jul 12, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade	76 min
Jul 12, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone	47 min
Jul 12, 1:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar	61 min
Jul 12, 2:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	58 min
Jul 12, 2:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade	3 hr
Jul 12, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene	69 min
Jul 12, 2:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone	67 min
Jul 12, 2:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Lawrence	81 min
Jul 12, 3:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone, Taney	3 hr
Jul 12, 3:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Polk	79 min
Jul 12, 3:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	61 min
Jul 12, 3:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	55 min
Jul 12, 3:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper	64 min
Jul 12, 4:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	52 min
Jul 12, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Polk	45 min
Jul 12, 5:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	47 min
Jul 12, 5:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry	34 min
Jul 12, 6:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster	4 hr

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.