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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Springfield, MO

May 30, 2004Barton County, Jasper County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2004, 11:37 AM CDT for Barton County, Jasper County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2004, 11:37 AM CDT (16:37 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:39 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 30, 10:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1630 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 279 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
1630 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.8
Supercell composite
17.8

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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 May 30, 10:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 10:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 10:57 AM CDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1057 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-310000-
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.
1057 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 330...IN
EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING. THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
VERY STRONG AND DAMAGING TORNADOES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

IN MISSOURI:

BARRY...BARTON...BENTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...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 AND WRIGHT.

IN KANSAS:

BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD.

SOME CITIES IN THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE 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.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE
WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

IZZI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Hickory, Polk49 min
May 30, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence, Newton39 min
May 30, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar48 min
May 30, 1:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Hickory38 min
May 30, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Greene, Lawrence51 min
May 30, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry49 min
May 30, 2:07 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden, Miller23 min
May 30, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller, Pulaski42 min
May 30, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar51 min
May 30, 2:24 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDallas, Polk36 min
May 30, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene61 min
May 30, 2:29 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden, Maries, Miller, Pulaski31 min
May 30, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Ozark67 min
May 30, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney66 min
May 30, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone65 min
May 30, 2:44 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMaries, Miller, Pulaski46 min
May 30, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade45 min
May 30, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton55 min
May 30, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory66 min
May 30, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon, Texas64 min
May 30, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk39 min
May 30, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFShannon54 min
May 30, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede51 min
May 30, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan44 min
May 30, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFLaclede44 min
May 30, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas56 min
May 30, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden, Pulaski47 min
May 30, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright45 min
May 30, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFTaney23 min
May 30, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas65 min
May 30, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFOzark63 min
May 30, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMaries, Phelps, Pulaski35 min
May 30, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent37 min
May 30, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon67 min
May 30, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas46 min
May 30, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell71 min
May 30, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon47 min
May 30, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMaries32 min
May 30, 4:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell6 hr
May 30, 4:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFShannon6 hr
May 30, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon58 min
May 30, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon29 min
May 30, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps39 min

Nearby

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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.