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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 388, NWS Springfield, MO

June 19, 2008Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2008, 4:12 PM CDT for Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 63 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
Jun 19, 2008, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2008, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Taney County, MO

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 2008-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 756 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 2008-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
756 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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 Jun 19, 3:31 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:31 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
331 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

.DISCUSSION...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE CWA
THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG A BOUNDARY ROUGHLY LOCATED ALONG THE
HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS HAVE DEVELOP AS ML
CAPE OF 1200 TO 2000 J/KG AND 0-6KM BULK SHEAR AROUND 30KT IS
LOCATED ACROSS THE AREA. WITH THE INSTABILITY...SHEAR AND STEEP
LAPSE RATES LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THE
TORNADO THREAT LOOKS TO BE LIMITED DUE TO THE LACK OF LOW LEVEL
SHEAR...HOWEVER WITH THE DEEP LAYER SHEAR SUPERCELLS ARE POSSIBLE...SO
CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

IN ADDITION TO THIS ACTIVITY...AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE IS MOVE
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS SHORTWAVE IS THE FOCUS FOR
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FROM NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO IOWA.
THIS SHORTWAVE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH TOWARDS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS A RESULT THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
KANSAS AND NEBRASKA WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING. WIND
SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THESE
STORM WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO...THESE STORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM SLOWLY PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA.

SATURDAY THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST INTO THE
AREA...BRING WARMER TEMPERATURES AND DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE
WEEKEND INTO THE START OF THE WORK WEEK. TUESDAY AN UPPER LEVEL
SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO FLATTEN THE RIDGE AND PRODUCE RAIN ACROSS
THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

WISE

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 18Z TAF PACKAGE...THE AREA HAS DESTABILIZED EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE OR NO CAP IN PLACE. THIS HAS CAUSED ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP INVOF SGF...AND A FEW ARE BEGINNING TO
DEVELOP IN THE JLN AREA AS WELL. THIS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE EVENTUALLY DYING
OFF. A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WILL LIKELY INITIATE OVER NEBRASKA AND
KANSAS...AND MOVE SOUTH SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY
IMPACT BOTH SGF AND JLN WITH THUNDERSTORMS...AS WELL AS LOWERED
CEILINGS WITH THE STORMS...AND POTENTIALLY IN THE WAKE OF THE
ACTIVITY AS WELL. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS TO CLEAR OUT BY AT
LEAST 15Z.

BARJENBRUCH

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 2:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
230 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-201930-
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-
230 PM CDT THU JUN 19 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 GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY
  RAINFALL.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND JUST EAST OF
  HIGHWAY 65 THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE
  OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...AND SHOULD REMAIN
  ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR.

  THIS EVENING...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA...GENERALLY WEST OF AN OSAGE
  BEACH TO WEST PLAINS LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
  POSSIBLE WITH THESE OF STORMS ALSO.

  DISCUSSION:

  AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS
  AFTERNOON. WITHIN THIS INSTABILITY...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
  DEVELOPED ALONG A BOUNDARY ROUGHLY ALONG HIGHWAY 65. THE
  STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
  DAMAGING WINDS.

  IN ADDITION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS MOVING ACROSS THE
  CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
  FROM NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHWESTERN IOWA. THESE STORMS
  WILL MOVE INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND
  LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION TO
  THE SEVERE THREAT...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING
  WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

  THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AS A FRONT MOVES
  THROUGH THE AREA. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MIDDLE HALF OF NEXT
  WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ALONG AND WEST OF AN OSAGE BEACH
 TO WEST PLAINS LINE THROUGH 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)

WISE

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:05 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
405 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

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

0358 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 NE SPRINGFIELD        37.24N  93.23W
06/19/2008  M81 MPH          GREENE             MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

KARDELL
Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:06 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
406 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

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

0345 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 NE SPRINGFIELD        37.24N  93.23W
06/19/2008  M81 MPH          GREENE             MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

CORRECTED EVENT TIME

KARDELL
Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:12 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
412 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

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

0332 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE SPRINGFIELD        37.23N 93.25W
06/19/2008                   GREENE             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROOF DAMAGE AND DOORS BLOWN IN AT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AT
            DIVISION AND BELCREST.

&&

GAEDE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Hickory40 min
Jun 19, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk53 min
Jun 19, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Greene, Polk, Webster44 min
Jun 19, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFGreene, Webster39 min
Jun 19, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone, Taney53 min
Jun 19, 3:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas, Greene, Hickory, Polk, Webster6 hr
Jun 19, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Webster66 min
Jun 19, 4:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Taney6 hr
Jun 19, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian21 min
Jun 19, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan63 min

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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.