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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Springfield, MO

February 5, 2008Christian County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 5, 2008, 3:26 PM CST for Christian County, Missouri. It was in force for 21 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 5, 2008, 3:26 PM CST (21:26 UTC)
Expired: Feb 5, 2008, 3:47 PM CST
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Christian County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 5, 12:39 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 44 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 325 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 259 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 052126
SVRSGF
MOC043-052200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0042.080205T2126Z-080205T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
326 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 400 PM CST.

* AT 322 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPOKANE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  HIGHLANDVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE
  OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OZARK AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NIXA BY 335 PM CST.

THE TOWNS OF FREMONT HILLS AND LINDEN ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS...IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3698 9334 3698 9339 3699 9340 3709 9331
      3709 9302 3684 9329 3682 9332 3682 9335
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 221DEG 52KT 3690 9330

$$

CRAMER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 052142
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
342 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

MOC043-052200-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-080205T2200Z/
CHRISTIAN MO-
342 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST
FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY...

AT 337 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR OZARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS...IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3698 9334 3698 9339 3699 9340 3709 9331
      3709 9302 3684 9329 3682 9332 3682 9335
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 220DEG 64KT 3706 9311

$$

LINDENBERG

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 052147
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
347 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

MOC043-052157-
/O.CAN.KSGF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-080205T2200Z/
CHRISTIAN MO-
347 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS EXITING THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3698 9334 3698 9339 3699 9340 3709 9331
      3709 9302 3684 9329 3682 9332 3682 9335
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 220DEG 64KT 3712 9303

$$

LINDENBERG

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 Feb 5, 12:46 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 12:46 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1246 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

.DISCUSSION...

MAIN CHALLENGES/HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS FORECAST PACKAGE WILL CONTINUE
TO DEAL WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL
TODAY...WITH FLASH FLOODING...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44.

CURRENTLY...COLD FRONT HAS DROPPED SOUTH AND STALLED ROUGHLY JUST
SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. THE FRONT EXTENDS SOUTH TO A
SURFACE LOW IN TEXAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP AND MOVE ALONG THIS FRONT THIS MORNING.

THE SURFACE FRONT HAS NOW BECOME FAIRLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE AREA
THIS MORNING...AND WE SHOULD NOT SEE IT DROP TOO MUCH FARTHER TO
THE SOUTH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. THIS IS BECAUSE THE FRONT
REMAINS PARALLEL TO THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW. WILL CONTINUE TO SEE
SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS...AND MAY ACTUALLY SEE COVERAGE BEGIN TO EXPAND ALONG AND
BEHIND THE FRONT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THIS WILL BE IN
RESPONSE TO INCREASED ISENTROPIC LIFT AS THE SURFACE LOW
APPROACHES THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AS STORMS
TRAIN ALONG THE FRONT TODAY. WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING AND BECAUSE OF THE VERY HIGH
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER THE AREA FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. AS
THE DAY PROGRESSES THE SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK INTO SOUTHERN
MISSOURI THEN INTO WESTERN ILLINOIS. THIS WILL PULL THE COLD FRONT
THROUGH THE REST OF THE AREA. THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER
POTENTIAL WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 TODAY. ALL
MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY DUE TO THE STRONG
WIND SHEAR...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES ALL POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI..

TONIGHT THE UPPER LEVEL LOW SWINGS THROUGH THE AREA. THE SURFACE
LOW WILL PUSH OFF TO THE EAST AT THIS TIME...WITH COLDER AIR MOVING
IN. AS THE COLUMN COOLS...RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW.
HOWEVER...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT AS THE AREA IS
LIKELY TO GET DRY SLOTTED. HAVE CUT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS QUITE
A BIT...WITH UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE CWA. COULD STILL SEE A FEW SNOW FLAKES EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...BEFORE ALL THE PRECIPITATION EXITS OFF TO THE EAST.

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA
ON THURSDAY. MOISTURE SHOULD REMAIN LIMITED OVER THE AREA...AS
MOISTURE WILL NOT HAVE RETURNED. HAVE LEFT SLIGHT CHANCES OF A
RAIN SNOW MIX ALONG THE NORTHERN CWA DURING THE MORNING
HOURS...THEN CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. DUE TO
THE LIMITED MOISTURE...PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN LIGHT.
DRY WEATHER AND TEMPERATURES WARMING BACK THROUGH THE UPPER 40S
AND INTO THE MIDDLE 50S WILL BE THE RULE OVER THE REST OF THE
FORECAST PERIOD.

WISE

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 18Z TAF PACKAGE...SURFACE FRONT HAS PUSHED SOUTH OF BOTH
KSGF AND KJLN. VISIBILITIES AND CEILINGS WILL BE PREDOMINATELY IFR
AND LIFR. HOWEVER...AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE
AERODROMES...VISIBILITIES AND CEILINGS WILL VARY UNTIL 00Z. AFTER
10Z...PRECIPITATION COULD TRANSITION TO SOME SNOW AT KJLN.
CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IFR BEFORE RAISING AROUND 18Z
WEDNESDAY.

ANGLE

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

MO...

FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI.

TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 8 PM
CST TUESDAY.

KS...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 1:13 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
113 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-061915-
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-
113 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES AND FLASH FLOODING.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN EASTERN
OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE
INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...ISOLATED
TORNADOES AND FLASH FLOODING.

THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MOST FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
TORNADOES ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR PURDY TO NIXA TO
MARSHFIELD TO LECOMA.

  DISCUSSION:

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS
THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. DUE TO HIGHER THAN NORMAL
MOISTURE LEVELS...STRONG WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY...LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE LIKELY. FLASH
FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER THE SAME AREAS.

COLDER AIR WILL BE USHERED INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.
RAIN SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME...ONLY LIGHT SNOW IS
EXPECTED...WITH UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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)

ANGLE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 5, 2:06 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
206 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008

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

0140 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 W ANDERSON            36.65N 94.50W
02/05/2008                   MCDONALD           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 76 HAS WATER RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY

&&

GCLAYCOM

Local storm report, Feb 5, 2:09 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
209 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008

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

0208 PM     HAIL             MONETT                  36.92N 93.93W
02/05/2008  E0.25 INCH       BARRY              MO   CO-OP OBSERVER

            MONETT COOP OBSERVER OBSERVED PEA SIZE HAIL COVERING THE
            GROUND.

&&

DCRAMER

Local storm report, Feb 5, 2:25 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
225 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008

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

0222 PM     HAIL             CONWAY                  37.50N 92.82W
02/05/2008  E0.25 INCH       LACLEDE            MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            PEA SIZED HAIL COVERING GROUND

&&

GCLAYCOM

Local storm report, Feb 5, 2:35 PM CST, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
235 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008

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

0235 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 S PLEASANT HOPE       37.43N 93.27W
02/05/2008                   POLK               MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HIGHWAY H SOUTH OF PLEASANT HOPE UNDER WATER. SEVERAL LOW
            WATER BRIDGES UNDER 2-3 FEET OF WATER IN AREA.

&&

GCLAYCOM

Local storm report, Feb 5, 2:42 PM CST, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
242 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008

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

0240 PM     FLASH FLOOD      LEBANON                 37.68N 92.66W
02/05/2008                   LACLEDE            MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING IN DOWNTOWN LEBANON

&&

GCLAYCOM

Local storm report, Feb 5, 2:44 PM CST, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
244 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008

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

0240 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CONWAY                  37.50N 92.82W
02/05/2008                   LACLEDE            MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            CITY STORM SHELTER FLOODED DUE TO HEAVY RAIN

&&

GCLAYCOM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 4, 8:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory, St. Clair	38 min
Feb 4, 8:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory	28 min
Feb 4, 11:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	20 min
Feb 5, 12:14 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas, Polk	3 hr
Feb 5, 2:57 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas, Greene, Polk	6 hr
Feb 5, 12:46 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barry, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Jasper and 5 more	6 hr
Feb 5, 1:45 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	6 hr
Feb 5, 1:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton	27 min
Feb 5, 2:13 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Greene, Lawrence	6 hr
Feb 5, 2:53 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Polk, Pulaski, Webster and 1 more	6 hr
Feb 5, 2:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	34 min
Feb 5, 3:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	63 min
Feb 5, 3:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries	15 min
Feb 5, 3:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian	40 min
Feb 5, 3:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas	62 min
Feb 5, 3:57 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Christian, Dent, Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Taney and 3 more	6 hr
Feb 5, 3:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	41 min
Feb 5, 4:08 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Phelps	6 hr
Feb 5, 4:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	43 min
Feb 5, 5:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell, Ozark	77 min
Feb 5, 5:28 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon and 1 more	6 hr
Feb 5, 5:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	63 min

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.