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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2008, 2:49 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 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 2, 2008, 2:49 AM CDT (07:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2008, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 146 days |
| May 2, 12:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1195 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 2, 12:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 12:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 1:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 132 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-030645- 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- 132 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: A SQUALL LINE THAT HAS DEVELOPED JUST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS...WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THEN EAST TO NEAR HIGHWAY 65 BY DAY BREAK. DISCUSSION: THIS A SQUALL LINE WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LINE WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH IT PUSHING EAST TO ROUGHLY HIGHWAY 65 BY DAY BREAK. MODERATE INSTABILITY AND STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL KEEP THE SEVERE THREAT ALONG THE LINE GOING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING FIRST THING FRIDAY MORNING IN THE VICINITY OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. STRONG WIND FIELDS ALOFT AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER RISKS. AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. GIVEN THE EXPECTED WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY PROFILES ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS...IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THIS LINE OF STORMS TO BREAK UP INTO SEGMENTS OR EVEN SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. IF THIS OCCURS...THE RISK FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE. PERSONS EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS REGARDING THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY MOVE INTO THE REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEED OVERNIGHT ACROSS AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. && 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) WISE
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 1, 10:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1021 PM CDT THU MAY 01 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1001 PM HAIL 7 NW UNIONTOWN 37.92N 95.07W
05/01/2008 E1.00 INCH BOURBON KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
1005 PM TORNADO 5 NW UNIONTOWN 37.90N 95.04W
05/01/2008 BOURBON KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
UNCONFIRMED TORNADO REPORTED TO SHERIFFS OFFICE.
&&
LINDENBERGSpecial weather statement, May 2, 2:03 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 203 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 KSZ073-097-020800- BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS- 203 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BOURBON AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT... AT 159 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF MORAN TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF MORAN TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. PAUL... OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUND CITY TO 18 MILES NORTH OF ST. PAUL TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. PAUL...MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH. PEOPLE IN BOURBON AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BRONSON...WALNUT...MCCUNE...UNIONTOWN...HEPLER...REDFIELD...GIRARD... FULTON...CHEROKEE AND FORT SCOTT...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LINDENBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Newton, Vernon | 61 min |
| May 2, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 55 min |
| May 2, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade | 62 min |
| May 2, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair | 60 min |
| May 2, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 60 min |
| May 2, 4:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 35 min |
| May 2, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene, Polk | 61 min |
| May 2, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 56 min |
| May 2, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Miller, Morgan | 60 min |
| May 2, 5:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 24 min |
| May 2, 5:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 51 min |
| May 2, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 26 min |
| May 2, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Polk, Webster | 67 min |
| May 2, 5:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark, Taney | 64 min |
| May 2, 5:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Webster | 28 min |
| May 2, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Texas, Webster, Wright | 39 min |
| May 2, 6:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 27 min |
| May 2, 6:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark, Texas | 40 min |
| May 2, 6:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon, Texas | 66 min |
| May 2, 7:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Oregon, Shannon | 44 min |
| May 2, 7:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 27 min |
| May 2, 7:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 32 min |
| May 2, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 34 min |
| May 2, 8:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Oregon | 6 hr |
| May 1, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 55 min |
| May 1, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 47 min |
| May 1, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 29 min |
| May 1, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 17 min |
| May 2, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 59 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.