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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Springfield, MO

May 23, 2004Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2004, 8:56 PM CDT for Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 64 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: May 23, 2004, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 23, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 53 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: 2346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 240156
SVRSGF
MOC145-240300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
856 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

* AT 853 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR   
  SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN...AND     
  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR LEAWOOD BY 905 PM CDT.
  NEAR SAGINAW BY 910 PM CDT.
  NEAR DIAMOND BY 940 PM CDT.
  5 MILES NORTH OF GRANBY BY 950 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF CLIFF VILLAGE...REDINGS MILL...DENNIS ACRES...SHOAL
CREEK ESTATES AND RITCHEY ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3705 9459 3689 9460 3685 9409 3705 9409

$$

IZZI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	61 min
May 23, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon, Texas	44 min
May 23, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	67 min
May 23, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone	60 min
May 23, 8:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Newton	4 hr
May 23, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	66 min
May 23, 8:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon, Texas	3 hr
May 23, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	46 min
May 23, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Taney	82 min
May 23, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	49 min
May 23, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone	55 min
May 23, 9:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Stone	39 min
May 23, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Taney	25 min
May 24, 1:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Newton	6 hr

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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.