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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS Springfield, MO

July 11, 2003Dent County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2003, 10:44 PM CDT for Dent County, Missouri. It was in force for 61 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, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2003, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dent County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 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 11, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 2003-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1159 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

315 
WUUS53 KSGF 120344
SVRSGF
MOC065-120445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1044 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.

* AT 1042 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 SALEM...OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROLLA...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

THE TOWNS OF HOWES...TURTLE AND GLADDEN 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 3776 9150 3767 9170 3743 9152 3743 9129

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski64 min
Jul 11, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas49 min
Jul 11, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps53 min
Jul 11, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas66 min
Jul 11, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon60 min
Jul 11, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Phelps54 min
Jul 11, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair52 min
Jul 11, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton63 min
Jul 11, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon56 min
Jul 11, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory57 min
Jul 11, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon65 min
Jul 11, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller, Morgan59 min
Jul 11, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Stone80 min
Jul 11, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney77 min
Jul 11, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon60 min
Jul 11, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald63 min
Jul 11, 11:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent4 hr
Jul 11, 11:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFPhelps4 hr
Jul 11, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon52 min
Jul 12, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon73 min
Jul 12, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene65 min
Jul 12, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Dade53 min
Jul 12, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon46 min
Jul 12, 1:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFVernon3 hr
Jul 12, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence80 min
Jul 12, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Dade76 min
Jul 12, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone47 min
Jul 12, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar61 min
Jul 12, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon58 min
Jul 12, 2:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Dade3 hr
Jul 12, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene69 min
Jul 12, 2:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone67 min
Jul 12, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade, Lawrence81 min
Jul 12, 3:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone, Taney3 hr
Jul 12, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk79 min
Jul 12, 3:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene61 min
Jul 12, 3:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton55 min
Jul 12, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper64 min
Jul 12, 4:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry52 min
Jul 12, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Polk45 min
Jul 12, 5:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry47 min
Jul 12, 5:41 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry34 min
Jul 12, 6:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas, Greene, Polk, Webster4 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.