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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Springfield, MO

July 16, 2004Cedar County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2004, 6:35 AM CDT for Cedar County, Missouri. It was in force for 55 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
Jul 16, 2004, 6:35 AM CDT (11:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2004, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cedar County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:34 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
Jul 16, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 00:00Z on 2004-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2006 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 00:00Z on 2004-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2006 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 161135
SVRSGF
MOC039-161230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
634 AM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT.

* AT 630 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EL DORADO SPRINGS...OR 16
  MILES EAST OF NEVADA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR STOCKTON BY 655 AM CDT.
  NEAR EL DORADO SPRINGS BY 635 CDT.

THE TOWNS OF CEDAR SPRINGS...FILLEY...CAPLINGER MILLS...WAGONER...
ARNICA...UMBER VIEW HEIGHTS...BEARCREEK AND MASTERS ARE ALSO IN THE
PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3789 9406 3760 9407 3759 9381 3758 9364
      3782 9366 3782 9384 3787 9384

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 6:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon44 min
Jul 16, 6:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMaries, Phelps6 hr
Jul 16, 7:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Howell, Oregon, Shannon, Texas6 hr
Jul 16, 7:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Polk59 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.