Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2008, 6:38 PM CDT for Barry County, Missouri. It was in force for 67 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
- Apr 23, 2008, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2008, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Barry County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 22 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
- 1260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KSGF 232339 SVRSGF MOC009-240045- /O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0178.080423T2338Z-080424T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 638 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT. * AT 636 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CASSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PURDY BY 650 PM CDT. MONETT BY 700 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF BUTTERFIELD...MCDOWELL AND PLEASANT RIDGE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3657 9404 3693 9407 3692 9364 3658 9369 TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 180DEG 25KT 3668 9386 $$ ANGLE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KSGF 240004 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 704 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 MOC009-240045- /O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-080424T0045Z/ BARRY MO- 704 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR BARRY COUNTY... AT 701 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BUTTERFIELD...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF CASSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 29 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PURDY BY 710 PM CDT. MONETT BY 725 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF MCDOWELL AND PLEASANT RIDGE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3657 9404 3693 9407 3692 9364 3658 9369 TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 180DEG 25KT 3678 9385 $$ ANGLE
000 WWUS53 KSGF 240044 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 744 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 MOC009-240054- /O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-080424T0045Z/ BARRY MO- 744 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BARRY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 745 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3657 9404 3693 9407 3692 9364 3658 9369 TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 180DEG 25KT 3706 9385 $$ ANGLE
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, 2:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 2:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
210 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008
.DISCUSSION...
SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL FROM TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY ARE THE FORECAST CHALLENGES THIS FORECAST PACKAGE.
SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING)...
CURRENTLY...WARM FRONT OVER THE FORECAST AREA...GENERALLY FROM
ROUND SPRING TO BOLIVAR TO PITTSBURG KANSAS AT THIS TIME. NORTH OF
THE FRONT...DEW POINTS ARE IN THE MID 50S WHILE SOUTH OF THE FRONT
DEW POINTS ARE IN THE LOW 60S. INTENSE CONVECTION ONGOING ACROSS
CENTRAL KANSAS AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL BEING
REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME STORM REPORTS OF
QUARTER SIZED HAIL. LOOKING AT 850MB STREAMLINE CONVERGENCE...THE
WRF PROGS SHOW THE BEST PLACEMENT OF THIS CONVERGENCE IN RELATION
TO THE CONVECTION. OVER THE CWA...LAPS SOUNDINGS AT 18Z FOR SGF
SHOWING US BASICALLY UNCAPPED...CAPE VALUES OVER 2500 J/KG AND
ALMOST NO CIN. SO WE ARE PRIME FOR CONVECTION TO BEGIN AT ANY
TIME. ONLY INGREDIENT MISSING IS A FORCING MECHANISM TO GET
CONVECTION GOING. PACIFIC MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM INTO
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS...MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST IN OUR
GENERAL DIRECTION.
FOR TONIGHT...WENT AHEAD AND FOLLOWED 850MB STREAMLINE CONVERGENCE
AS THIS SEEMS TO WORK WELL FOR A SUMMERTIME CONVECTIVE SITUATION
THAT IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE IN AT PRESENT. WRF STREAMLINES SHOW
CONVERGENCE SHIFTING EASTWARD OUT OF CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE
EARLY EVENING AND THEN OVER WESTERN MISSOURI LATE THIS EVENING.
PENDING ANY ROGUE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON THAT MAY
KICK OFF SOME OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...OR ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT
MAY MOVE IN FROM KANSAS OR OKLAHOMA...DO BELIEVE THIS IS WHEN THE
SHOW WILL GET GOING. WRF MODEL SHOWING A FAIRLY GOOD 850MB JET
AROUND 20 TO 25 KTS EARLY THIS EVENING...INCREASING TO AROUND
35KTS AROUND 06Z. THIS JET SHOULD INTERACT WITH THE WARM FRONT AND
HEAVY RAIN SHOULD COMMENCE. FOLLOWING WRF GUIDANCE...PROG SOUNDING
SHOWING PWATS INCREASING FROM 1.2 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON UP TO 1.5
INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. LONG...SKINNY CAPE PRFILE SUGGESTS
EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS. SO...THOUGH NOT ENTIRELY
RULING OUT SEVERE HAIL POTENTIAL...DO BELIEVE THE LARGEST THREAT
IS GOING TO BE TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ALONG
THE WARM FRONT.
HEAVIEST RAINFALL LOOKS TO BE MID MORNING THURSDAY INTO THE
AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE CWA. USING
HPC QPFS...LOOKING AT PRECIP AMOUNTS OF 2-3 INCHES ACROSS THE
WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA WITH MAYBE 1-1.5 INCHES ACROSS OUR SOUTH
CENTRAL ZONES. WITH THESE HIGHLY EFFICIENT THUNDERSTORMS...WOULD
EXPECT SOME AREAS TO EXPERIENCE EVEN HIGHER AMOUNTS THAN THIS.
UPPER SHORTWAVE PUSHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BUT IN THE LOW
LEVELS...WE MAINTAIN A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW. COLD FRONT ACTUALLY
DOES NOT PUSH THROUGH UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING WITH RAIN ENDING LATE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. COULD SEE SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS
FRONT...BUT WILL WAIT TO SEE HOW THIS EVENT UNFOLDS BEFORE
ADVERTISING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BEGIN WITH SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE CWA IN
THE WAKE OF FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHTS COLD FRONT. PRECIPITATION
ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT SHOULD BE TO THE EAST OF THE AREA BY
SATURDAY MORNING. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL ROTATE AROUND
THE UPPER TROUGH AND INTO MISSOURI BY SATURDAY NIGHT DRAGGING A
SURFACE COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
AREA. NORTHWEST FLOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT
WITH MORE ZONAL FLOW SETTING UP BY MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK. A SURFACE LOW
IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OUT IN THE PLAINS WITH A WARM FRONT SETTING
UP OVER THE MISSOURI OZARKS. HAVE INTRODUCED SOME POPS FOR NEXT
WEDNESDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS.
LINDENBERG
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 18Z KSGF/KJLN TAFS...CONVECTION OVER KANSAS AND EASTERN
OKLAHOMA TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST. GIVEN NO CONVECTION GOING YET ON LOCAL RADAR...HAVE
DECIDED TO GO WITH VCTS IN TAFS UNTIL IT GETS GOING AND THEN TRY TO
NAIL DOWN TIMING. AS MOISTURE GETS IN HERE OVERNIGHT...EXPECT
CEILINGS TO DROP TO PREDOMINANTLY MVFR AFTER MIDNIGHT OR SO...THEN
POSSIBLY IFR OVER THE SGF TERMINAL TEMPORARILY THURSDAY
MORNING.
GCC
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
FOR MOZ055-056-066>069-077>081-088>091-093>095-101>104.
KS...FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
FOR KSZ073-097-101.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 3:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 310 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-242015- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 310 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT REMAINS OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI. MODERATE INSTABILITY AND WEAK WIND SHEAR WILL FAVOR LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL AS THE MAIN THREATS FOR ANY STORMS THAT BECOME SEVERE. MORE WIDESPREAD STORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM VERSAILLES TO BRANSON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING THURSDAY MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE LIFTS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY 5 PM SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM OSCEOLA TO CRANE TO GAINESVILLE AFTER 4 PM. SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED NORTH OF THIS LINE AFTER 7 PM THIS EVENING. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) CLAYCOMB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 23, 6:01 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
601 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0556 PM TSTM WND GST 2 W CARL JUNCTION 37.18N 94.60W
04/23/2008 E60 MPH JASPER MO TRAINED SPOTTER
60 MPH WIND GUSTS NEAR THE KANSAS MISSOURI STATE LINE
JUST WEST OF CARL JUNCTION.
&&
BARJENBRUCHLocal storm report, Apr 23, 6:10 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
610 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBUS 37.17N 94.84W
04/23/2008 CHEROKEE KS EMERGENCY MNGR
BARN DESTROYED
&&
BARJENBRUCHLocal storm report, Apr 23, 6:14 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
614 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM TSTM WND GST 5 SW PITTSBURG 37.36N 94.77W
04/23/2008 E55 MPH CRAWFORD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BARJENBRUCHLocal storm report, Apr 23, 6:16 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
616 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0555 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NE COLUMBUS 37.22N 94.78W
04/23/2008 CHEROKEE KS EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN
&&
BARJENBRUCHLocal storm report, Apr 23, 6:23 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
623 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0617 PM TSTM WND GST 4 N JOPLIN 37.14N 94.51W
04/23/2008 M55 MPH JASPER MO ASOS
48 KNOT WIND GUST MEASURED BY KJLN ASOS.
&&
BARJENBRUCHLocal storm report, Apr 23, 6:36 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
636 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0635 PM FLASH FLOOD JOPLIN 37.08N 94.51W
04/23/2008 JASPER MO AMATEUR RADIO
WATER 3 FEET DEEP OVER THE ROAD IN JOPLIN.
&&
BARJENBRUCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 3:38 AM CDT | Flood Watch | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 25 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 50 min |
| Apr 23, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps, Pulaski | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Lawrence | 38 min |
| Apr 23, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 57 min |
| Apr 23, 6:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Barton, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 38 min |
| Apr 23, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 6:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 7 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 49 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.