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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Springfield, MO

May 25, 2004Phelps County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2004, 3:27 PM CDT for Phelps County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 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, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2004, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Phelps County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 2004-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1275 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

159 
WUUS53 KSGF 252027
SVRSGF
MOC161-252115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
327 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PHELPS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT.

* AT 322 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWBURG...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF ROLLA...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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

THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE PREVIOS WARNING.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3789 9193 3768 9194 3781 9153 3788 9154

$$

IZZI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 1:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Morgan6 hr
May 25, 4:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton53 min
May 25, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton46 min
May 25, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden35 min
May 25, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski55 min
May 25, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair25 min
May 25, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps59 min
May 25, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent55 min
May 25, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan50 min
May 25, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller50 min
May 25, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries56 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.