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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 511, NWS Springfield, MO

August 19, 2003Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2003, 1:55 PM CDT for Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 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
Aug 19, 2003, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2003, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Shannon County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 2003-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1592 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 2003-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1592 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 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.

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 191855
SVRSGF
MOC203-191945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
154 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT.

* AT 153 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 NEAR
  WINONA...OR 35 MILES WEST OF PIEDMONT...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10
  MPH.

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

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 3689 9125 3710 9124 3689 9154 3690 9139

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent41 min
Aug 19, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan43 min
Aug 19, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski43 min
Aug 19, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan46 min
Aug 19, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries42 min
Aug 19, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden43 min
Aug 19, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps44 min
Aug 19, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Laclede, Pulaski42 min
Aug 19, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas37 min
Aug 19, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps, Pulaski32 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.