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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 535, NWS Springfield, MO

August 22, 2003Barton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2003, 12:09 AM CDT for Barton County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 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 22, 2003, 12:09 AM CDT (05:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2003, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:10 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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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: 1640 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2399 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 220509
SVRSGF
MOC011-220600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1207 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

* AT 1205 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE          
  LOCATED IN EASTERN VERNON COUNTY.  HOWEVER...THESE STORMS WERE     
  PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH OUT AHEAD OF THE   
  MAIN STORM.  THESE VERY STRONG WINDS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE     
  EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF GOLDEN CITY TO SHELDON...AND       
  MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   LAMAR BY 1215 AM CDT.
   LIBERAL BY 1220 AM CDT.
   MINDENMINES BY 1230 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF IRWIN...MILFORD...HANNON...LAMAR HEIGHTS AND OSKALOOSA
ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.

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 3736 9411 3763 9410 3764 9460 3747 9461
          3737 9461

$$

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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 21, 7:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 7:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION SECTION FOR 00Z TAFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
701 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2003

.DISCUSSION...
COLD FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS THE CORN BELT HEADING RIGHT FOR THE
OZARKS IS THE PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
MEANWHILE...ANOTHER OPPRESSIVE AFTERNOON BEING OBSERVED OVER THE
MISSOURI VALLEY WITH TEMPERATURES EXCEEDING 100 DEGREES IN SOME
LOCATIONS NORTH AND WEST OF THE PLATEAU. RECORD OF 99 ALREADY TIED
AT ROLLA/VICHY...AND ONLY A DEGREE SHY AT THIS POINT WITH 100 AT
JOPLIN.  THANKFULLY...SHOULD BE ABLE TO DISCONTINUE THE HEAT
ADVISORY TONIGHT DESPITE HOT WEATHER EXPECTED AGAIN TOMORROW SOUTH
AND ALONG THE FRONT.

SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - SATURDAY)...
PULSE CONVECTION NOW BEGINNING TO LIGHT UP OVER ARKANSAS AND
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.  12Z SOUNDING DATA FROM SPRINGFIELD INDICATED
SIGNIFICANT MOISTENING FROM 600 MB AND ALOFT.  HOWEVER...THE 800 TO
650 MB LAYER HAS DRIED OUT FROM THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS.  DEEPER
BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING...FURTHER ENHANCING AN INVERTED V STRUCTURE TO
THE LOWER TROPOSPHERE WILL CREATE MORE DOWNDRAFT AVAILABLE POTENTIAL
ENERGY.  CONDITIONS CERTAINLY FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED SEVERE PULSE
STORMS WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH LIKELY...FURTHER DETAILS
ARE MENTIONED IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.  WAS RELUCTANT TO
DISCONTINUE THUNDER CHANCES PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT WITH SURFACE FRONT
APPROACHING MY NORTHERN COUNTIES...THEREFORE MENTIONED CHANCES ALL
NIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW.

FRONT SHOULD BE DRAPED ALONG THE MISSOURI-ARKANSAS BORDER BY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON TAPPING INTO AN ATMOSPHERE RELATIVELY HIGHER IN
MOISTURE CONTENT.  THINK THE MESO-ETA CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION
FIELDS FINALLY LOOK DECENT...AND WILL CONFINE STORM CHANCES ACROSS
MY EXTREME SOUTHERN COUNTIES DURING THE DESTABILIZATION HOURS OF THE
AFTERNOON.  ONGOING FORECAST HAS PRECIP LINGERING INTO THE FRIDAY
NIGHT PERIOD WHICH LOOKS REASONABLE.  HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO SETTLE
INTO THE NATIONS MID SECTION ON SATURDAY WITH LOW LEVEL NORTHEAST
FLOW OVER THE AREA FOR A COUPLE DAYS.  SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRY
WEEKEND ON TAP FOR FOLKS IN THE SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI
OZARKS.

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LONG TERM (SUNDAY - WEDNESDAY)...
NOT A WHOLE LOT HAS CHANGED WITH THE EXTENDED PERIODS.  LONG RANGE
PROGS STILL HAVE NORTH AMERICAN RIDGE BROADENING OUT WITH THE MAIN
BELT OF WESTERLIES CONFINED ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA.  THERE IS SOME
EVIDENCE THAT THE DEEP SOUTH AIRMASS MAY TRY TO NOSE INTO SOUTHERN
MISSOURI TOWARDS DAYS 6 AND 7...HENCE AFTERNOON PULSE CHANCES.
ONGOING FORECAST HAS EVERYTHING DRY AND UNEVENTFUL AND WILL CONTINUE
THIS THINKING UNTIL THINGS BECOME A LITTLE MORE CLEAR CUT.

GFS OUT TO 10 DAYS IS HINTING TOWARDS INTENSIFYING A SOUTHEAST
CANADIAN CYCLONE AND DROPPING IT OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE LOWER
48.  WITH DOMINATING RIDGE CONTINUING OUT WEST...THIS WILL PUT US
BACK INTO NORTHWEST FLOW AND MAY BE OUR NEXT CHANCE AT GETTING ANY
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IN THE EXTENDED.  OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR MORE HOT
AND DRY CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST.

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&&

.AVIATION...
LOOKING AT THE 23Z LAPS SOUNDING FOR SPRINGFIELD...THE ATMOSPHERE IS
STILL QUITE UNSTABLE AS MIXED LAYER CAPES ARE IN EXCESS OF 2500 J/KG
WITH LITTLE CIN TO SPEAK OF.  A WEAK SURFACE FRONT WAS SLOWLY
PUSHING SOUTHWARD AND CURRENTLY STRETCHED ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF
KANSAS AND MISSOURI.  WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THIS BOUNDARY.  IN
ADDITION...AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI HAD
DEVELOPED AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH WAS JUST SOUTH OF KSGF THIS
EVENING.  WITH THESE BOUNDARIES IN THE AREA...DECIDED TO GO WITH A
TEMPO FOR THUNDER THROUGH 06Z.  SOUNDING HAS INVERTED V
CHARACTERISTICS...LEADING TO THE THREAT OF MICROBURST WINDS WITH A
FEW STORMS.  IM NOT EXPECTING WIDESPREAD CONVECTION DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS...AS THE STORMS ARE BEING FUELED BY WEAK LOW-LEVEL
CONVERGENCE AND INSTABILITY DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING.  THE MAIN FRONT
LOOKS TO BE JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON...DID NOT
INCLUDE ANY THUNDER FOR TOMORROW...HOWEVER IF THE FRONT SLOWS
DOWN...IT MAY NEED TO BE ADDED IN LATER TERMINALS.

SAW

&&

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

WFO SGF

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 9:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-221100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
959 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH A FEW STORMS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP
  TO 70 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  LOCATIONS NORTH OF A PITTSBURG TO SALEM LINE THROUGH 1 AM.  ANY
  LINGERING STORMS WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS TO THE SOUTH OF A
  JASPER...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO HOUSTON LINE BY 1 AM.

  DISCUSSION:

  A WEAK COLD FRONT DRAPED ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL
  MISSOURI WILL INTERACT WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE
  SCATTERED STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NEXT
  SEVERAL HOURS.  THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
  WINDS UP TO 70 MPH.  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WILL ALSO BE
  POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

  RESIDUAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING EARLY FRIDAY
  MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT ADVANCES INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI.  A
  FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE.
  HOWEVER...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY
  RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

  THE FRONT WILL BE SLOW TO PUSH THROUGH THE ENTIRE REGION ON
  FRIDAY...ALLOWING HOT TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE OVER MOST
  LOCATIONS.  EXPECTED HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S
  WITH HEAT INDICES RANGING BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF
  THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR.

&&

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

SAW

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 21, 7:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
719 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2003

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

0649 PM    BELLE                     MO   WIND DAMAGE
08/21/03   MARIES                         TREES DOWN IN
                                          BELLE...REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0709 PM    BELLE                     MO   1 INCH HAIL
08/21/03   MARIES                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Aug 21, 8:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
854 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2003

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

0813 PM    5 NW IBERIA               MO   WIND DAMAGE
08/21/03   MILLER                         TREE DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY
                                          17 BETWEEN IBERIA AND
                                          TUSCUMBIA. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0843 PM    BRUMLEY                   MO   1 INCH HAIL
08/21/03   MILLER                         REPORTED BY FIRE AND
                                          RESCUE.

Local storm report, Aug 21, 10:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1028 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2003

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

1005 PM    COLE CAMP                 MO   WIND DAMAGE
08/21/03   BENTON                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          CAR PORT BLOWN OFF OF
                                          AN AMBULANCE BASE.

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Local storm report, Aug 21, 10:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1037 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2003

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

1035 PM    WARSAW                    MO   WIND DAMAGE
08/21/03   BENTON                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

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Local storm report, Aug 21, 11:26 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1126 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2003

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

1120 PM    LOWRY CITY                MO   .88 INCH HAIL
08/21/03   ST.CLAIR                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

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Local storm report, Aug 22, 12:02 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1202 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003

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

1159 PM    EL DORADO SPGS            MO   .75 INCH HAIL
08/21/03   CEDAR                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 21, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries	65 min
Aug 21, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	56 min
Aug 21, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	66 min
Aug 21, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	48 min
Aug 21, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	43 min
Aug 21, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	38 min
Aug 21, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	52 min
Aug 21, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	67 min
Aug 21, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar	42 min
Aug 22, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper	55 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.