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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Springfield, MO

June 8, 2009Dent County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2009, 5:36 PM CDT for Dent County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 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 8, 2009, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2009, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Dent County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 218 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2009-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2013 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2009-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2013 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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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 Jun 8, 2:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 12:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1241 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-091745-
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-
1241 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MISSOURI
OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR
AFTER 2 PM. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60
MPH WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED. IN
ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER ACROSS THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK AND INTO NEXT
WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THESE FEATURES WILL BRING A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA NEARLY EVERY DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 2 PM...MAINLY SOUTH AND
EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR.

&&

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)

LINDENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Howell, Ozark40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.