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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 520, NWS Springfield, MO

August 19, 2003Phelps County, Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2003, 4:58 PM CDT for Phelps County, Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 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, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO

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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 192158
SVRSGF
MOC161-169-192230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SOUTHWESTERN PHELPS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.

* AT 453 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 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT LEONARD WOOD...AND MOVING
  SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
  PULASKI AND PHELPS COUNTIES.

THE TOWN OF BEULAH IS 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 3781 9183 3779 9208 3763 9220 3761 9185

$$

DSA

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 Aug 19, 12:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 12:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1246 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2003

.DISCUSSION...
MID LEVEL RIDGE TO HANG TOUGH FOR ANOTHER DAY BEFORE UPPER IMPULSE
TEMPORARILY DE-AMPLIFIES THIS FEATURE.  MEANWHILE...12Z KSGF
SOUNDING INDICATED A DEEP SOUTH AIRMASS OVER THE OZARKS TODAY WITH
PWATS UP TO 1.70 INCHES.  STORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME
OF THESE WILL BE SEVERE CONTAINING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.  THIS WILL BE THE INITIAL FORECAST CONCERN FOLLOWED BY AN
EXTENSION OF THE HEAT ADVISORY INTO TOMORROW.

SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - FRIDAY)
UPON COORDINATION WITH MISSOURI STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND ALL
MISSOURI WFOS...THE DECISION TO EXTEND THE HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY HAS BEEN MADE.  TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT FIELDS TOMORROW
WILL BE SIMILAR TO TODAYS WITH WIDESPREAD HEAT INDICES APPROACHING
105 DEGREES NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BRANSON TO CONWAY TO
ROLLA.  UPPER SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE
REGION BY THURSDAY AND SHOULD PROVIDE SOME RELIEF IN THE FORM OF
CLOUD COVER AND POSSIBLY SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  FOR NOW WE
ANTICIPATE DISCONTINUING THE HEAT ADVISORY SOMETIME WEDNESDAY
EVENING OR NIGHT.

EARLY AFTERNOON CAPES ARE APPROACHING 4000 J/KG OVER IN SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI WHERE DEW POINTS ARE IN THE MID 70S.  WITH VERY
LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CONVECTIVE INHIBITION OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN
MISSOURI...STORMS WILL LIKELY FIRE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  DEW TO AN
INVERTED V LIKE ENVIRONMENT UPON HOMOGENIZING BOUNDARY LAYER
MOISTURE...IT WILL NOT TAKE A WHOLE LOT TO PRODUCE WET-DRY HYBRID
LIKE MICROBURSTS AS OBSERVED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.  FURTHER DETAILS
ARE MENTIONED IN THE 100 PM ISSUANCE OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OUTLOOK.

NOT A WHOLE LOT CHANGES TOMORROW WITH MOISTURE FIELDS AND THE
OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE.  HAVE DECIDED TO INTRODUCE MORE
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AS UPPER RIDGE FINALLY BEGINS TO
WEAKEN IN RESPONSE TO APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL WAVE.  TIMING OF UPPER
DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL BE SOMEWHAT TRICKY WITH
THE SPECTRAL MODELS SHOWING A MUCH MORE PROGRESSIVE PASSAGE COMPARED
WITH GRID BASED CALCULATIONS.  WILL STICK TIGHT WITH YESTERDAYS
REASONING AND GO WITH A COMPROMISE ON THIS.  NOT TOO CONFIDENT WITH
THE MAGNITUDE OF FORCING WITH THIS SYSTEM AND THINK A CONTINUATION
OF 30 POPS SHOULD DO THIS EVENT JUSTICE WHEN ITS SAID AND OVER WITH.

LONG TERM...
RIDGE BUILDS BACK IN OVER THE WEEKEND WITH NORTHEAST FLOW KEEPING
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FIELDS IN CHECK.  SEE NO REASON TO DIFFER FROM
CLIMATOLOGY WITH TEMPERATURES...MAINLY LOW TO MID 90S IN THE
AFTERNOONS...AND UPPER 60S LOW 70S OVERNIGHT.  OTHER THAN A FEW
MINOR TEMPERATURE AND CLOUD COVER TWEAKS...MADE VERY LITTLE CHANGES
IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER VARIABLES.  DRY FORECAST STILL HOLDS WATER
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...
A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL
SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON.  LOOK FOR SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TO FIRE
SOMETIME BETWEEN 130 AND 300 PM.  A DRY LAYER IN THE LOWER LEVEL OF
THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT IN PRODUCING SEVERE DOWNBURST
WINDS IN THE STRONGER STORMS.  HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP IN THE
KJLN AND KSGF TAFS FOR THE MENTION OF STORMS.  OTHERWISE PILOTS CAN
EXPECT PLENTY OF TOWERING CUMULUS AND MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS IN
AREAS NOT AFFECTED BY STORMS.

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.MO...HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS ALONG
AND NORTH AND WEST OF A BRANSON TO CONWAY TO ROLLA LINE.
.KS...HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ALL KANSAS
COUNTIES.

CRAMER

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 1:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-201100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING DAMAGING DOWN BURST
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH.

  HEAT INDICES RANGING FROM 103 TO 108 DEGREES.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  HEAT:  GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A BRANSON TO ROLLA LINE
  THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.

  THUNDERSTORMS:  AREAWIDE AFTER 130 PM.

  DISCUSSION:

  THE ATMOSPHERE IS RAPIDLY DESTABILIZING THIS AFTERNOON AS
  STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
  WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
  DUE TO MOISTURE MIXING IN CONJUNCTION AND AN UNUSUALLY DEEP
  BOUNDARY LAYER...SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY ACQUIRE SEVERE
  CHARACTERISTICS PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS
  OF 65 MPH.  DUE TO THE PULSE LIKE NATURE OF THIS ACTIVITY...SPOTTER
  ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

  HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT CONTINUES TO SUPPRESS THE MISSOURI VALLEY REGION
  THIS AFTERNOON.  IN RESPONSE...TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO ABOVE
  100 DEGREES IN SOME AREAS TODAY.  HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
  FROM 103 TO 108 DEGREES IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
  BRANSON TO ROLLA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

  ONE MORE DAY OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL AFFECT THE OZARKS.
  HEAT INDICES WILL ONCE AGAIN APPROACH 105 DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MUCH OF THE MISSOURI
  OZARKS.  A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE REGION BY
  THURSDAY EVENING...WHICH WILL PROVIDE MORE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS
  AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO FRIDAY.  SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY ACQUIRE
  SEVERE CHARACTERISTICS...HOWEVER...THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE
  FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  DUE TO THE PULSE LIKE NATURE OF TODAYS AFTERNOON
  THUNDERSTORMS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH
  TONIGHT.

&&

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

CRAMER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 19, 4:04 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
404 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2003

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

0342 PM    STOVER                    MO   WIND DAMAGE
08/19/03   MORGAN                         POWERLINES DOWN ANS
                                          SHINGLES BLOWN OF A HOME.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Aug 19, 4:15 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
415 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2003

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

0408 PM    CAMDENTON                 MO   .75 INCH HAIL
08/19/03   CAMDEN                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Aug 19, 4:28 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
428 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2003

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

0425 PM    6 S RICHLAND              MO   .88 INCH HAIL
08/19/03   PULASKI                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Aug 19, 4:44 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
444 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2003

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

0425 PM    8 E SLEEPER               MO   .75 INCH HAIL
08/19/03   LACLEDE                        ON THE PULASKI COUNTY
                                          LINE. REPORTED BY MEDIA.

Local storm report, Aug 19, 4:47 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
447 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2003

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

0434 PM    2 SE ROLLA                MO   .88 INCH HAIL
08/19/03   PHELPS                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Aug 19, 4:56 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
456 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2003

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

0447 PM    NEWBURG                   MO   .75 INCH HAIL
08/19/03   PHELPS                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 19, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	41 min
Aug 19, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	50 min
Aug 19, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	43 min
Aug 19, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Pulaski	43 min
Aug 19, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	46 min
Aug 19, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries	42 min
Aug 19, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	43 min
Aug 19, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps	44 min
Aug 19, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Pulaski	42 min
Aug 19, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2003 Every 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.