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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 273, NWS Springfield, MO

May 31, 2008Cedar County, St. Clair County, Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2008, 6:48 PM CDT for Cedar County, St. Clair County, Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 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 31, 2008, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2008, 7:18 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cedar County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 7, 1:52 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC146 days

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 12:00Z on 2008-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1870 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 12:00Z on 2008-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1870 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 31, 2:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 2:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 2:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 31, 2:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
252 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

MOZ066-077-312015-
BARTON MO-VERNON MO-
252 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHEASTERN BARTON AND SOUTHERN
VERNON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 249 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARCADIA...OR 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF VERDELLA...MOVING EAST AT 44 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

CLAYCOMB
Local storm report, May 31, 3:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
308 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

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

0230 PM     HAIL             GOLDEN CITY             37.39N  94.09W
05/31/2008  E0.88 INCH       DADE               MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TIME ESTIMATED

&&

KARDELL
Local storm report, May 31, 4:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
417 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

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

0415 PM     HAIL             1 N NEVADA              37.85N  94.35W
05/31/2008  E1.00 INCH       VERNON             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

KARDELL
Local storm report, May 31, 5:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
533 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

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

0410 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E RICHARDS            37.90N  94.47W
05/31/2008                   VERNON             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES BLOWN DOWN.

&&

LINDENBERG
Special weather statement, May 31, 6:31 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
631 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

MOZ066-010015-
VERNON MO-
631 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHEASTERN VERNON COUNTY UNTIL 715
PM CDT...

AT 628 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RICH HILL...MOVING EAST AT 43 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SCHELL CITY BY 650 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF HARWOOD IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

SCHAUMANN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Morgan57 min
May 30, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Miller, Morgan56 min
May 30, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Miller, Morgan62 min
May 30, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade65 min
May 30, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski66 min
May 30, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Dallas, Greene, Polk65 min
May 30, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller62 min
May 30, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Greene, Lawrence47 min
May 31, 9:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton64 min
May 31, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper46 min
May 31, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence, Newton46 min
May 31, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton60 min
May 31, 2:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchSGFBarry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 21 more40 hr
May 31, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, St. Clair, Vernon39 min
May 30, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee63 min

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.