Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Springfield, MO
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 10:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Polk | 49 min |
| May 30, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence, Newton | 39 min |
| May 30, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar | 48 min |
| May 30, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory | 38 min |
| May 30, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene, Lawrence | 51 min |
| May 30, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 49 min |
| May 30, 2:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller | 23 min |
| May 30, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller, Pulaski | 42 min |
| May 30, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar | 51 min |
| May 30, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dallas, Polk | 36 min |
| May 30, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 61 min |
| May 30, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Maries, Miller, Pulaski | 31 min |
| May 30, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 67 min |
| May 30, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 66 min |
| May 30, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 65 min |
| May 30, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller, Pulaski | 46 min |
| May 30, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 45 min |
| May 30, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 55 min |
| May 30, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Hickory | 66 min |
| May 30, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon, Texas | 64 min |
| May 30, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 39 min |
| May 30, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Shannon | 54 min |
| May 30, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede | 51 min |
| May 30, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Morgan | 44 min |
| May 30, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Laclede | 44 min |
| May 30, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 56 min |
| May 30, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Pulaski | 47 min |
| May 30, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 45 min |
| May 30, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Taney | 23 min |
| May 30, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 65 min |
| May 30, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 63 min |
| May 30, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Maries, Phelps, Pulaski | 35 min |
| May 30, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent | 37 min |
| May 30, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 67 min |
| May 30, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 46 min |
| May 30, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 71 min |
| May 30, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 47 min |
| May 30, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Maries | 32 min |
| May 30, 4:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell | 6 hr |
| May 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon | 6 hr |
| May 30, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 58 min |
| May 30, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 29 min |
| May 30, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps | 39 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 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.