Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2004, 11:59 AM CDT for Benton County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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 25, 2004, 11:59 AM CDT (16:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2004, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Benton County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 862 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
362 WUUS53 KSGF 251659 SVRSGF MOC015-251745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1159 AM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. * UNTIL 1245 PM CDT. * AT 1154 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF WARSAW...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLINTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... NEAR WARSAW BY 1210 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF RACKET...WHITAKERVILLE...EDMONSON...HASTAIN...LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS AND ZORA ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3834 9363 3816 9362 3817 9309 3846 9311 $$ 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 May 25, 3:25 AM CDT, 8 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 3:25 AM CDT, 8 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 325 AM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004 .DISCUSSION STORMS FROM YESTERDAY AFTERNOON HAVE EVOLVED INTO A LINEAR MCS STRETCHING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI...JUST TO THE NORTH OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDING ROUGHLY FROM STOCKTON TO BOLIVAR TO SALEM. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ARE TRACKING ACROSS A STATIONARY FRONT AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...KEEPING PERSISTENT FETCH OF PRECIP OVER OUR NORTHERN ZONES. GOING FLOOD WATCH OVER OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES HAS FLOOD POTENTIAL FROM TRAINING ECHOES HANDLED WELL. STRONG CAPPING INVERSION WAS SEEN ON THE 00Z SOUNDING WITH OBVIOUS WEAKENING TO THE NORTH. CAPES OVER 1000 J/KG ARE PROVIDING ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR THE STORMS TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS. SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SEVERE AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER THE REGION AND STATIONARY FRONT JUST TO THE NORTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS CONVECTION OVER THE REGION. TODAY...AREA SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY SHOULD DESTABILIZE WELL WITH LESS CLOUD COVER. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF WESTERN NEW MEXICO SHOULD HELP WEAKEN THE CAP ENOUGH TO GET STORMS GOING OVER JUST ABOUT ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA. WILL HAVE A SIMILAR SET UP TOMORROW WITH STALLED FRONT AND POSSIBLY ADDITIONAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES OVER THE REGION. WILL EXTEND FLOOD WATCH INTO WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHERN HALF OF FORECAST AREA. WILL NEED TO MONITOR TRENDS FOR POSSIBLE SOUTHWARD EXTENSION IN LATER PERIODS. WENT AHEAD AND INCREASED TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES TODAY WITH WARM START AND INCREASED INSOLATION. OTHERWISE TEMPERATURES ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. LONG TERM (THURSDAY - SUNDAY)... ZONAL FLOW CONTINUES WITH SEVERAL SHORT WAVES EJECTING FROM UPPER TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN U.S...AT LEAST THROUGH FRIDAY...BEFORE MAIN TROUGH AXIS MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. GOING FORECAST HAS STORM CHANCES GOING THROUGH THE WEEK WHICH STILL LOOKS GOOD. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S...AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 60S AND LOW 70S. EXPECT TO SEE SOME SLIGHT COOLDOWN ON MONDAY && .AVIATION... CARRIED SOME TEMPO WIND FLUCTUATIONS AND PRECIP IN THE TAFS THROUGH EARLY MORNING WITH BOUNDARY HANGING AROUND BEFORE A TEMPORARY BREAK IN PRECIP BEFORE REDEVELOPMENT IN THE AFTERNOON. WILL CARRY LOWER CEILINGS IN TWEB ROUTE AROUND STL. .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEVADA TO SALEM. KS...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR BOURBON COUNTY. TERRY
Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 9:14 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 914 AM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-251800- BARRY-BARTON-BENTON-BOURBON-CAMDEN-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD- DADE-DALLAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-GREENE-HICKORY-HOWELL-JASPER-LACLEDE- LAWRENCE-MARIES-MCDONALD-MILLER-MORGAN-NEWTON-OREGON-OZARK-PHELPS- POLK-PULASKI-SHANNON-ST. CLAIR-STONE-TANEY-TEXAS-VERNON-WEBSTER- WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...CAMDENTON... FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...LEBANON... MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...OZARK... PITTSBURG...ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON AND WEST PLAINS. 914 AM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. HEAVY RAIN. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: ALL OF FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. DISCUSSION: WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER AND AN INCREASING CAPPING INVERSION LIMIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. AFTER DARK...AN INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET WILL ONCE AGAIN IMPINGE UPON A STALLED COLD FRONT. WITH THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...SUFFICIENT LIFT AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS STORMS TRACK ALONG THE STALLED BOUNDARY OVERNIGHT...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH TOMORROW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE PERIOD...WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. CRAMER / BOOKBINDER
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 25, 8:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0820 AM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM FLOOD 4 E EDMONSON 38.32N 93.15W
05/25/2004 BENTON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
WW HIGHWAY FLOODED/CLOSED IN THE BIG BUFFALO CREEK AREA.
EXACT TIME FLOODING BEGAN UNKNOWN.
DSAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 6 hr |
| May 25, 4:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 53 min |
| May 25, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden | 35 min |
| May 25, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 55 min |
| May 25, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 25 min |
| May 25, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps | 59 min |
| May 25, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent | 55 min |
| May 25, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps | 48 min |
| May 25, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Morgan | 50 min |
| May 25, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller | 50 min |
| May 25, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
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.