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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 388, NWS Springfield, MO
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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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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
&&
KARDELLLocal 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
KARDELLLocal 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.
&&
GAEDEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Hickory | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Greene, Webster | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone, Taney | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 3:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas, Greene, Hickory, Polk, Webster | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Webster | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 4:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Taney | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian | 21 min |
| Jun 19, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Morgan | 63 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.