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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Springfield, MO

May 10, 2008Barry County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2008, 7:10 PM CDT for Barry County, Missouri. It was in force for 16 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 10, 2008, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2008, 7:26 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Barry County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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
May 10, 11:29 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
May 10, 6:51 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 2008-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1049 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2008-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 354 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1049 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
354 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
343 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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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 10, 7:03 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 7:03 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 1:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED SPOTTER ACTIVATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
130 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-111800-
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-
130 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 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:

  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND
  ISOLATED TORNADOES.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE ACROSS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ROLLA TO WEST
  PLAINS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

  FROM 3 PM TO 7 PM...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND WIND GUSTS
  TO 80 MPH ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER
  ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE GREATEST
  THREAT WILL ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44.

  DISCUSSION:

  A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND DEVELOPING COLD FRONT OVER
  THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE OZARKS
  FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. AS AN INCREASINGLY MOIST
  AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST
  KANSAS INTERACTS WITH STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH
  THE STORM SYSTEM...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
  OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI AND MOVE RAPIDLY
  NORTHEAST ACROSS THE OZARKS.

 .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

  WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
  SUNDAY AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE OHIO
  RIVER VALLEY REGION.

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER
  STORM SYSTEM AFFECTS THE AREA. AT THIS TIME SEVERE WEATHER IS
  NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF THE MISSOURI
  OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH 9 PM.

&&

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)

TERRY

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 6:39 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
639 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0638 PM     HAIL             2 N MONETT              36.95N 93.93W
05/10/2008  E0.88 INCH       LAWRENCE           MO   CO-OP OBSERVER

            LOTS OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL FALLING.

&&

KARDELL
Local storm report, May 10, 6:43 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
643 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0643 PM     HAIL             MONETT                  36.92N 93.93W
05/10/2008  E1.75 INCH       BARRY              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLFBALL HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS IN MONETT

&&

KARDELL
Local storm report, May 10, 6:44 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 10, 7:09 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFTaney52 min
May 10, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Webster41 min
May 10, 7:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFChristian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney, Wright3 hr
May 10, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Texas, Wright50 min
May 10, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark, Taney46 min
May 10, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell24 min
May 10, 8:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFHowell, Oregon, Shannon5 hr
May 11, 10:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFCedar23 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.