Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2004, 2:45 PM CDT for Barton County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2004, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2004, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Barton County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 W Nashville, MO | REPORTED BY PUBLIC. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 0 minutes after it went out.
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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KSGF 231945 SVRSGF MOC011-232030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 245 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BARTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI. * UNTIL 330 PM CDT. * AT 243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MULBERRY TO WEIR...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF PITTSBURG TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF PITTSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE... NEAR MINDENMINES BY 250 PM CDT. NEAR LIBERAL BY 255 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF HANNON...NASHVILLE...IANTHA...OAKTON...IRWIN AND LAMAR HEIGHTS ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3762 9461 3737 9461 3736 9429 3763 9430 $$ SAW
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 Apr 23, 8:28 AM CDT, 6 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 8:28 AM CDT, 6 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 828 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 .DISCUSSION... IN THE VERY NEAR TERM...850MB LOW LEVEL FLOW INDICATES MAXIMIZED MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG THE AR BORDER. ELEVATED CAPE OF OF OVER 1000 J/KG OFF META SOUNDINGS FROM 925MB...WITH A DECENT VEERING WIND PROFILE WITH HEIGHT FROM 0-2KM. COULD SEE SOME SEVERE HAIL WITH STORMS MOVING INTO SW MO FROM AR. ALREADY ANOTHER WARNING OUT. WILL ALSO CONSIDER SERIOUSLY ISSUING/REISSUING FLOOD WATCH THIS MORNING FOR THE SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES THROUGH SAT. DSA && .AVIATION... A SATURATED AIRMASS AND AN EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL KEEP IFR CEILINGS OF 400 TO 800 FEET ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING. THE CLOUD DECK WILL GRADUALLY RISE ABOVE 1000 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON BUT OVERCAST SKIES WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF PARTIAL CLEARING WILL OCCUR FARTHER NORTH IN THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS AND ROLLA AREAS. AREAS OF FOG WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO BETWEEN 3 AND 5 MILES INTO THE MORNING HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF SPRINGFIELD THIS MORNING WHERE VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ONE MILE IN HEAVY RAIN. FOSTER && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 10 AM FOR HOWELL...OZARK AND OREGON COUNTIES. .KS...NONE. WFO SGF
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 100 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-241100- 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. 100 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: HEAVY RAINFALL WITH AREAS OF FLOODING LIKELY. POTENTIALLY SERIOUS FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG THE ARKANSAS BORDER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE MAIN STORM THREATS LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: AREAS OF FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...MAINLY IN COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY 71...INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG AND SOUTH OF MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY 60. ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING WILL BE IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AS A STRONG CLUSTER OF STORMS MOVES EAST INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. THE MAIN STORM THREAT WILL BE HAIL..HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IF THE CLUSTER OF STORMS OVER EASTERN KANSAS CAN HOLD TOGETHER. ADDTIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT WITH THE MAIN THREATS OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND LARGE HAIL. DISCUSSION: HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE NORTH OF A STATIONARY BOUNDARY OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ADDTIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI IN AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS LIKELY IN COUNTIES CLOSE TO THE ARKANSAS BORDER. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI AS STRONG STORMS MOVE EAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. PERSONS PLANNING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON OZARK RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD PLAN FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND RAPIDLY RISING AND SWIFT RUNNING WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN OVER CENTRAL TEXAS LATER TODAY AND MOVE NORTH INTO EASTERN KANSAS BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY THAT CAN OCCUR DURING THE DAY. EVEN IF MODEST INSTABILITY CAN OCCUR...FORECAST WIND PROFILES INDICATE THAT SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS. THE ADDTIONAL RAINFALL SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WILL AGGRAVATE AN ALREADY SERIOUS FLOODING THREAT...ESPECIALLY OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH EARLY EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM OSCEOLA TO CASSVILLE. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ARE ALSO URGED TO RELAY FLOOD REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DSA
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 23, 9:11 AM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0911 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0905 AM HAIL CASSVILLE 36.68N 93.87W
04/23/2004 0.75 INCH BARRY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WDLocal storm report, Apr 23, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1245 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1244 PM FLASH FLOOD CASSVILLE 36.68N 93.87W
04/23/2004 BARRY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
FR2185 MINERAL SPRGS, AND HIGHWAYS 39 FLAT CREEK NEAR
MCDOWELL, 76 AND 50 ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING WATER.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WDLocal storm report, Apr 23, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1258 PM FLASH FLOOD PINEVILLE 36.60N 94.38W
04/23/2004 MCDONALD MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS UNDER WATER ON THE ELK RIVER
AND BIG SUGAR CREEK. MANY OTHER LOW WATER BRIDGES UNDER
WATER ACROSS COUNTY. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WDLocal storm report, Apr 23, 1:47 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
147 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0144 PM FLOOD ROCKAWAY BEACH 36.70N 93.17W
04/23/2004 TANEY MO TRAINED SPOTTER
BULL CREEK NEAR BANK FULL. TWO FEET OF WATER FLOWING
ACROSS COLUMBUS RD. BRIDGE.
ALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Taney | 61 min |
| Apr 22, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 53 min |
| Apr 22, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald | 61 min |
| Apr 22, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 79 min |
| Apr 22, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 59 min |
| Apr 23, 5:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 64 min |
| Apr 23, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 8:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald | 53 min |
| Apr 23, 10:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 10:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Newton | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 5:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 5 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.