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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 542, NWS Springfield, MO

November 6, 2008Douglas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 6, 2008, 2:47 AM CST for Douglas County, Missouri. It was in force for 58 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: Nov 6, 2008, 2:47 AM CST (08:47 UTC)
Expired: Nov 6, 2008, 3:45 AM CST
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Douglas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 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
Nov 6, 1:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Nov 6, 2:28 AM CST, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 2:28 AM CST, 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
228 AM CST THU NOV 6 2008

.DISCUSSION...

MAIN FOCUS FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD WILL BE WITH STRONG STORM
SYSTEM CURRENTLY AFFECTING THE FORECAST AREA.

STRONG 100-120KT UPPER LEVEL JET PUNCHING INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS
AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI. THIS AIDED IN STORMS RAMPING
BACK UP OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. A FEW STORMS EMBEDDED
WITHIN THE MAIN LINE HAVE HAD DECENT ROTATION REQUIRING TORNADO
WARNINGS. 0-1KM HELICITIES OF 450-500 M2/S2 EAST OF THE FRONT SO
WILL STILL NEED TO MONITOR FOR ROTATING STORMS WITHIN THE LINE.
MAIN LINE OF CONVECTION WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS BUT WILL STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BEING SEVERE
OVER THE EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING.

MOST OF THE CONVECTION WILL LIKELY BE EXITING THE CWA BY 12Z...BUT
WILL CONTINUE CHANCES FOR 12-18Z FORECAST PERIOD OVER THE EASTERN
MOST COUNTIES. DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO PUNCH INTO THE AREA FROM
THE SOUTHWEST DURING THE DAY WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES EXPECTED
DURING THE AFTERNOON OVER MOST OF THE AREA.

WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO ENTER BACK INTO THE AREA LATE
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY SPREADING CLOUD COVER BACK TO ABOUT THE
NORTHEAST 2/3 OF THE CWA. NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE CWA WILL
LIKELY HAVE THE MOST CLOUD COVER AND WILL SEE TEMPERATURES
STRUGGLE TO REACH THE LOW 50S. COULD SEE UPPER 50S TO NEAR 60 OVER
THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE CWA WITH MORE POTENTIAL OF SUNSHINE.
HAVE THROWN IN SOME LOW POPS IN CENTRAL MO WHERE MOISTURE DEPTH
WILL BE MORE SIGNIFICANT AND BETTER LIFT WILL BE POSSIBLE AS UPPER
SHORTWAVE ROTATES THROUGH. ANY PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT.

CLOUDS SHOULD BEGIN TO PULL OUT BY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. BY
SATURDAY NIGHT ANOTHER STRONG JET STREAK WILL BEGIN TO ENTER THE
WEST COAST. THE ECMWF DIGS THE SYSTEM DEEPER INTO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS THAN THE GFS AND THE 00Z RUN WAS PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THE
12Z MODEL RUN. AS A RESULT...THE ECMWF KEEPS THE PRECIPITATION
FURTHER TO THE SOUTH UNTIL LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WHILE
THE GFS BRINGS PRECIPITATION INTO THE AREA BY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY. BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES...HAVE GONE MORE
CONSERVATIVE ON POPS AT THE ONSET AND HAVE BUMPED UP POPS TO 40S
BY MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. FOR NOW WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION AS
ALL RAIN...HOWEVER GFS IS SHWOING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AT 850
BY LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT OVER THE WESTERN CWA AND WILL
NEED TO MONITOR FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SNOW.

LINDENBERG

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 06Z TAFS...WILL CONTINUE TO INCLUDE WIND SHEAR IN TAFS
THROUGH THE NIGHT BASED ON LATEST WIND PROFILER DATA. LINE OF
STORMS PERSISTING NEAR THE MO/KS BORDER FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS
IS FINALLY SHOWING SIGNS OF EASTWARD MOVEMENT AS SQUALL LINE
BEGINS TO DEVELOP...SO WILL CONTINUE VICINITY THUNDER WITH
EMBEDDED TEMPO FROM AROUND 06-10Z.

MAIN WIND SHIFT WITH COLD FRONT PASSAGE IS EXPECTED BY MID/LATE
MORNING WITH DRY SLOT CLEARING OUT CLOUD COVER BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

TERRY

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 5, 6:58 PM CST, 7 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
658 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-070100-
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-
658 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  SEVERE STORMS PRODUCING...DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH. HAIL TO THE
  SIZE OF QUARTERS. ISOLATED TORNADOES.

AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL PUSH INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS
  AND WESTERN MISSOURI BY MID TO LATE EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL
  SPREAD EASTWARD TOWARDS THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR LATE THIS
  EVENING AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT.

DISCUSSION:

  STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST
  ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND INTO WESTERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING.
  MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL SUPPORT THE
  THREAT FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 70 MPH WITH THESE
  STORMS. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE
  THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT...BUT ISOLATED
  TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE GIVEN THE STRONG LOW LEVEL WIND
  SHEAR...MAINLY WEST OF AN OSCEOLA TO CASSVILLE LINE.

  BY LATE THIS EVENING AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT...A COLD FRONT
  WILL OVERTAKE THESE STORMS. A SOLID LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED
  TO ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT...WITH THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS
  REACHING THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR LATE TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE
  STORMS WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN LATE TONIGHT...DAMAGING STRAIGHT
  LINE WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING AFTER SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING
  ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS...WHICH WILL QUICKLY EXIT TO THE EAST
  BY THE LATE MORNING HOURS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS
  TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS
  TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING WEST OF AN
  OSCEOLA TO CASSVILLE LINE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE
  EAST OF THIS LINE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

&&

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, Nov 6, 1:54 AM CST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
154 AM CST THU NOV 06 2008

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

0115 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N MONETT              36.94N  93.93W
11/06/2008                   LAWRENCE           MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            NUMEROUS TREES...POWERLINES AND POLE DOWN. SEVERAL CAR
            PORTS DESTROYED.

&&

HATCH

Local storm report, Nov 6, 1:56 AM CST, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
156 AM CST THU NOV 06 2008

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

0155 AM     HAIL             SPRINGFIELD             37.20N  93.29W
11/06/2008  E1.00 INCH       GREENE             MO   PUBLIC

            AT KEARNY AND NORTHEAST AVE.

&&

HATCH

Local storm report, Nov 6, 1:59 AM CST, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
159 AM CST THU NOV 06 2008

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

0153 AM     TSTM WND GST     SPRINGFIELD             37.20N  93.29W
11/06/2008  M50 MPH          GREENE             MO   ASOS

&&

HATCH

Local storm report, Nov 6, 2:02 AM CST, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
202 AM CST THU NOV 06 2008

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

0153 AM     TSTM WND GST     SPRINGFIELD             37.20N  93.29W
11/06/2008  M58 MPH          GREENE             MO   ASOS

&&

HATCH

Local storm report, Nov 6, 2:11 AM CST, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
211 AM CST THU NOV 06 2008

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

0115 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 W MONETT              36.92N  93.95W
11/06/2008  E70 MPH          BARRY              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WEST SIDE OF MONETT AT CLEVLAND HEIGHTS AND SUNSET
            TREES WERE DOWN AND A CARPORT BLOWN OFF AND TREE BLOWN
            ON HOUSE.

&&

LD

Local storm report, Nov 6, 2:15 AM CST, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
215 AM CST THU NOV 06 2008

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

0115 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 N MONETT              36.94N  93.93W
11/06/2008  E70 MPH          LAWRENCE           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WEST SIDE OF MONETT AT CLEVLAND HEIGHTS AND SUNSET
            TREES WERE DOWN AND A CARPORT BLOWN OFF AND A TREE BLOWN
            ON HOUSE

&&

LD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 5, 10:13 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	6 hr
Nov 5, 11:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Newton	38 min
Nov 5, 11:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon	48 min
Nov 5, 11:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	49 min
Nov 6, 12:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	46 min
Nov 6, 12:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald	26 min
Nov 6, 12:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Lawrence	67 min
Nov 6, 12:26 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, Newton	49 min
Nov 6, 12:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Lawrence	42 min
Nov 6, 1:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene	71 min
Nov 6, 1:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	48 min
Nov 6, 1:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry	42 min
Nov 6, 1:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone	66 min
Nov 6, 1:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Stone	45 min
Nov 6, 1:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	47 min
Nov 6, 2:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Taney	65 min
Nov 6, 2:21 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian	54 min
Nov 6, 2:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster, Wright	48 min
Nov 6, 2:24 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	47 hr

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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.