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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 489, NWS Springfield, MO

July 22, 2008Newton County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2008, 4:38 PM CDT for Newton County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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: Jul 22, 2008, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2008, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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: 1917 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1492 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 222140
SVRSGF
KSC021-MOC145-222230-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0489.080722T2138Z-080722T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
438 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  WESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.

* AT 436 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEUTRAL TO BAXTER SPRINGS
  TO RACINE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 8 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BAXTER SPRINGS BY 445 PM CDT.
  TREECE AND SENECA BY 530 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF RACINE AND MELROSE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
0 AND 9.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR
EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY AND FOR WESTERN NEWTON COUNTY.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS...IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3703 9505 3705 9503 3719 9493 3719 9462
      3706 9462 3706 9439 3676 9443 3676 9463
      3698 9463 3699 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 029DEG 7KT 3712 9482 3701 9469
          3693 9456

$$

ANGLE

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 222215
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
515 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

MOC145-222225-
/O.CAN.KSGF.SV.W.0489.000000T0000Z-080722T2230Z/
NEWTON MO-
515 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

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

LAT...LON 3703 9505 3719 9493 3719 9462 3698 9462
      3699 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 345DEG 9KT 3714 9491

$$

KSC021-222230-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0489.000000T0000Z-080722T2230Z/
CHEROKEE KS-
515 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY...

AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTH AT 11 MPH. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF TREECE BY 530 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF NEUTRAL AND MELROSE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3703 9505 3719 9493 3719 9462 3698 9462
      3699 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 345DEG 9KT 3714 9491

$$

ANGLE

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 Jul 22, 2:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 2:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
231 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

.DISCUSSION...

CURRENTLY AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM LAST NIGHTS AND THIS MORNINGS
MCS IS MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE CWA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING
ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THIS BOUNDARY. THE AIRMASS OUT AHEAD OF
THIS BOUNDARY IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH ML CAPES OF 2000 TO 3000
J/KG WITH LITTLE CIN AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S. STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG IN THIS AIRMASS ALONG THIS
BOUNDARY. THE MAIN HAZARDS EXPERIENCED WITH THIS ACTIVITY HAVE BEEN WINDS
UP TO 60 MPH...NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP POSSIBLE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHERN
MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. BY THIS EVENING THIS
ACTIVITY SHOULD PUSH TO THE SOUTH AND OUT OF THE CWA.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION IS SPINNING SOME
UPPER LEVEL ENERGY TOWARDS THE AREA. THERE IS A STALLED SURFACE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI WHICH WILL
LIKELY PUSH FARTHER SOUTH THIS EVENING AS THIS ENERGY MOVES
TOWARDS THE AREA. REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY
ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA. THIS AREA HAS BEEN PRETTY WELL WORKED OVER
BY TODAYS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...SO IT SHOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO
SEE MUCH SEVERE WEATHER IF ANYTHING CAN REDEVELOPMENT THIS
EVENING...UNLESS THE SUN COMES OUT AND REALLY WARMS THINGS UP.
COULD SEE SOME LINGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN
MISSOURI DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

THE REGION WILL GENERALLY BE IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH MUCH
OF THE FORECAST PERIOD IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION...AND AN UPPER LEVEL LOW LOCATED NORTH
OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THE STORM TRACK SHOULD REMAIN TO THE
NORTH AND EAST OF THE CWA FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD...BUT WILL HAVE
TO WATCH AND SEE IF ANY UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES RIDE THE
NORTHWEST FLOW INTO THE AREA. ALSO...NIGHTLY MCS DEVELOPMENT ALSO
LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTHERN CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE NORTHERN
PLAINS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD...WHICH COULD POSSIBLY MOVE SOUTH
INTO THE AREA DURING THIS PERIOD. HAVE INCLUDED SLIGHT TO CHANCE
POPS THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS...WITH
THE BEST CHANCES ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
CWA. ALSO...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THEREFORE
IF ENOUGH HEATING CAN OCCUR ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS
APPEAR TO BE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...AS UPPER LEVEL
ENERGY MOVES TOWARD THE AREA.

WISE

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 18Z TAF CYCLE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED
FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT MVFR WITH BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS
AROUND STORMS...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO
CLEAR LATER THIS EVENING WITH VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING. WINDS
WILL BECOME LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT.

SCHAUMANN

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 1:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-231800-
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-
100 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 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:

  WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...FREQUENT
  CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH
  TONIGHT.

  DISCUSSION:

  A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
  MOVE SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON
  HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH
  OF THE HIGHWAY 60 CORRIDOR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE
  REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
  WILL WEAKEN THIS EVENING...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM
  DEVELOPMENT WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI
  OVERNIGHT...ROUGHLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 65.

  WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...FREQUENT
  CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALL BE
  POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

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

  AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON A
  DAILY BASIS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE
  WEEKEND AS SEVERAL UPPER DISTURBANCES PUSH THROUGH THE REGION
  AND INTERACT WITH AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING
  ACROSS ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

&&

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)

SCHAUMANN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 22, 2:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
241 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

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

0222 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SE FORDLAND           37.12N 92.89W
07/22/2008                   WEBSTER            MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            5 INCH DIAMATER TREE LIMBS DOWNED ALONG WITH ROOF DAMAGE
            TO HOUSE.

&&

ANGLE

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
257 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

MOZ104-222030-
TANEY MO-
257 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHWESTERN TANEY COUNTY UNTIL 330
PM CDT...

AT 254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOLLISTER...OR NEAR BRANSON...MOVING SOUTH
AT 17 MPH.

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

HATCH

Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
309 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

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

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N PROTEM              36.60N  92.86W
07/22/2008                   TANEY              MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES BLOWN DOWN NORTH OF PROTEM

&&

JLT

Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:57 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
357 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

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

0356 PM     HAIL             2 NW CRESTLINE          37.19N  94.73W
07/22/2008  M1.00 INCH       CHEROKEE           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

JLT

Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:32 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
432 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

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

0350 PM     TSTM WND DMG     JOPLIN                  37.08N  94.51W
07/22/2008                   JASPER             MO   PUBLIC

            SMALL TREE LIMBS FROM A SYCAMORE TREE WERE BLOWN DOWN.
            APPROXIMATE DIAMETER OF THE LIMBS WERE 3 TO 4 INCHES.

&&

JLT

Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:34 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
434 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

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

0350 PM     TSTM WND DMG     JOPLIN                  37.08N  94.51W
07/22/2008                   JASPER             MO   PUBLIC

            SMALL TREE LIMBS FROM A SYCAMORE TREE WERE BLOWN DOWN.
            APPROXIMATE DIAMETER OF THE LIMBS WERE 3 TO 4 INCHES.
            ESTIMATED WIND SPEED OF 50 MPH

&&

CORRECTED REMARKS

JLT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	48 min
Jul 22, 11:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Morgan	43 min
Jul 22, 12:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Polk	64 min
Jul 22, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene, Lawrence	65 min
Jul 22, 1:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Webster	59 min
Jul 22, 1:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone	54 min
Jul 22, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade	59 min
Jul 22, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Webster	64 min
Jul 22, 1:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Christian, Dade, Douglas, Greene, Lawrence, Webster	2 hr
Jul 22, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone	64 min
Jul 22, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark, Taney	48 min
Jul 22, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	61 min
Jul 22, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	63 min
Jul 22, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	58 min
Jul 22, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	48 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.