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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 390, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2008, 7:34 PM CDT for Benton County, Missouri. 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
- Jun 19, 2008, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Benton County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1524 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
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, 5:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 5:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 559 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 ...UPDATE TO AVIATION... ...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION... .UPDATE... A BRIEF LULL IN THE ACTION UNTIL ADDITIONAL TSRA DEVELOPMENT MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. CURRENTLY...SGF WSR-88D INDICATES THAT A LARGE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM NEAR JERICO SPRINGS SOUTHWARD TO FREISTATT TO SHELL KNOB TO FAR SOUTHWESTERN STONE COUNTY. SCT TSRA CONTINUES TO FIRE ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THIS BOUNDARY DUE TO LINGERING LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. ADDITIONAL TSRA ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO GARNER STRENGTH JUST TO OUR NORTH AND NORTHWEST OVER E KS AND NW MO. EVEN MORE TSRA GROWTH HAS BEEN OBSERVED DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS FARTHER TO THE NORTH OVER NEB AND IA. CONVECTION THAT AFFECTED THE HWY 65 CORRIDOR HAS DONE A NUMBER ON THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES. TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED TO AROUND 70F...AND BOTH SBCAPE AND MLCAPE VALUES HAVE PLUMMETED INTO THE HUNDREDS OF J/KG. AREAS THAT WERE UNTOUCHED BY CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON REMAINED PRIMED FOR SUPPORTING CONTINUED TSRA DEVELOPMENT. IN GENERAL...SBCAPE AND MLCAPE ARE NEAR 2000 J/KG. WITH DEEP LAYER SHEAR NEARING 40KT...SUPERCELL STRUCTURES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. MID LEVEL WAVE WITHIN NW FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOCUS FOR LIFT AS IT MOVES INTO MO. THE END RESULT IS THAT ANOTHER PERIOD OR TWO OF TSRA ARE IN THE OFFING FOR THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERE RISK WILL BE MOST PROMINENT THIS EVENING...SLACKENING OFF DUE TO DECREASED INSTABILITY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THOUGH THE RISK FOR TORRENTIAL RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN. GAGAN && .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 00Z TAF PACKAGE...PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO BE SCT TSRA THAT WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING AND LIKELY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ANY MVFR OR IFR VIS/CIG WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH TSRA ACTIVITY AND NOT WORTHY OF MORE THAN A TEMPO. TSRA ACTIVITY SHOULD SHIFT TO THE EAST OF THE AERODROMES FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE TONIGHT...BECOMING WESTERLY BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. GAGAN && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 7:31 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 731 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-210000- 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- 731 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE GREATEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM STOCKTON TO SALEM. DISCUSSION: ONGOING STORMS OVER NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND INTERACT WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM STOCKTON TO SALEM...THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AS RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY REMAIN OVER THE REGION. .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 NORTH OF A STOCKTON TO SALEM LINE 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) TERRY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 602 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 MOZ056-200000- MORGAN MO- 602 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 557 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SMITHTON...OR 7 MILES EAST OF SEDALIA... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 8 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. WISE
Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
604 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0559 PM FLASH FLOOD 6 SSE SPRINGFIELD 37.12N 93.24W
06/19/2008 GREENE MO NWS EMPLOYEE
SIX INCHES OF WATER OVER ROAD AT LONE PINE AND JAMES
RIVER FREEWAY.
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GAEDELocal storm report, Jun 19, 6:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
610 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NE SPRINGFIELD 37.24N 93.23W
06/19/2008 GREENE MO NWS STORM SURVEY
WALL BLOWN OUT AT A SELF STORAGE BUSINESS.
&&
GAEDESpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 7:29 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 729 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 MOZ055-200130- BENTON MO- 729 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BENTON COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 724 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GREEN RIDGE TO CALHOUN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE TO WINDSOR TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINDSOR... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 26 MPH. PEOPLE IN BENTON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LINCOLN...COLE CAMP AND WARSAW...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WISE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Hickory, Morgan | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 8:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller, Pulaski | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 9:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Morgan | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Dallas, Greene, Hickory, Polk, Taney | 11 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 10:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 11:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene, Lawrence | 48 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Newton | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 5:00 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | Benton, Camden, Hickory, Laclede, Maries, Miller and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar | 28 hr |
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.