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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 421, NWS Springfield, MO

July 31, 2003Greene County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2003, 3:51 PM CDT for Greene County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 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 31, 2003, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2003, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
39 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), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 12:00Z on 2003-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 57 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2003-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
57 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-180 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1543 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

943 
WUUS53 KSGF 312051
SVRSGF
MOC077-312130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
350 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.

* AT 344 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND 
  DESTRUCTIVE DOWNBURST WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
  LOCATED OVER NORTH SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   SPRINGFIELD THROUGH 430 PM CDT.
   STRAFFORD BY 430 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF GLIDEWELL...GALLOWAY AND TURNERS ARE 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 3736 9339 3710 9335 3709 9309 3730 9309

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas41 min
Jul 31, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan42 min
Jul 31, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas61 min
Jul 31, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene46 min
Jul 31, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller, Morgan61 min
Jul 31, 4:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene3 hr
Jul 31, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Webster56 min
Jul 31, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller, Morgan53 min
Jul 31, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden65 min
Jul 31, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene30 min
Jul 31, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Webster58 min
Jul 31, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone47 min
Jul 31, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski57 min
Jul 31, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney48 min
Jul 31, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster62 min
Jul 31, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.