Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Springfield, MO

June 9, 20094 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2009, 5:59 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 61 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 9, 2009, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Dent County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Texas County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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.

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 9, 1:31 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 1981 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 9, 5:50 PM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 5:50 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 2:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
219 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-101930-
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-
219 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
BASEBALLS...TORNADOES...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR
FORT SCOTT TO NEAR EMINENCE. THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM THREAT AREA
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING WILL
BE ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS LINE.

A WARM LAYER IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO
PUSH NORTHEAST AND SPREAD ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT. WHILE THIS WILL CONTINUE
TO DESTABILIZE THE AIR SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT...A CAP WILL BEGIN
TO DEVELOP WHICH SHOULD WORK AGAINST ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. THE BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT WILL BE OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT.
THE STORMS TONIGHT WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.

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

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL INTERACT WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
OVER THE REGION TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY EVENING
AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES SOUTH INTO THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND
INTERACTS WITH MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY. AREAS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AS THE CONVECTION EVOLVES INTO ONE OR MORE SLOW
MOVING STORM COMPLEXES OR CLUSTERS.

PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER
SOUTHERN MISSOURI...THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK...BUT THE TIMING
AND EXTENT OF THE STORMS IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING OVER 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)

LINDENBERG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:38 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
538 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009

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

0537 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 N CARTHAGE            37.25N 94.31W
06/09/2009  M55 MPH          JASPER             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            PEA SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED

&&

SRUNNELS

Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:47 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
547 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009

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

0545 PM     HAIL             2 NW JOPLIN             37.10N 94.54W
06/09/2009  M1.75 INCH       JASPER             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

SRUNNELS

Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:52 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
552 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009

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

0548 PM     HAIL             2 NW HARTVILLE          37.27N 92.54W
06/09/2009  M1.00 INCH       WRIGHT             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

SRUNNELS

Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:54 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
554 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009

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

0552 PM     HAIL             1 NE JOPLIN             37.09N 94.50W
06/09/2009  E1.00 INCH       JASPER             MO   PUBLIC

            SOME HAIL THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS

&&

SRUNNELS

Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:56 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
556 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009

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

0555 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 N WEBB CITY           37.16N 94.48W
06/09/2009  E70 MPH          JASPER             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

SRUNNELS

Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:57 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
557 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009

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

0557 PM     TSTM WND GST     ORONOGO                 37.19N 94.47W
06/09/2009  M60 MPH          JASPER             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

SRUNNELS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 12:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	58 min
Jun 9, 12:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	43 min
Jun 9, 12:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas	47 min
Jun 9, 12:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Morgan	36 min
Jun 9, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede	60 min
Jun 9, 1:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede	48 min
Jun 9, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon, Texas	54 min
Jun 9, 2:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	40 min
Jun 9, 2:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede, Pulaski	35 min
Jun 9, 2:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon	48 min
Jun 9, 2:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Pulaski	38 min
Jun 9, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, St. Clair	47 min
Jun 9, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	45 min
Jun 9, 2:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	6 hr
Jun 9, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	28 min
Jun 9, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps, Pulaski	44 min
Jun 9, 2:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Vernon	24 min
Jun 9, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Hickory, St. Clair	23 min
Jun 9, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	51 min
Jun 9, 2:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Shannon	47 min
Jun 9, 3:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory, St. Clair	43 min
Jun 9, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	54 min
Jun 9, 3:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	6 hr
Jun 9, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory, Laclede, Miller, Morgan	37 min
Jun 9, 3:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps	51 min
Jun 9, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton	50 min
Jun 9, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Polk	55 min
Jun 9, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Miller	49 min
Jun 9, 3:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede	49 min
Jun 9, 3:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Shannon	14 min
Jun 9, 3:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Phelps, Pulaski, Texas	49 min
Jun 9, 3:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	6 hr
Jun 9, 4:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton	43 min
Jun 9, 4:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Morgan	6 hr
Jun 9, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede, Webster, Wright	63 min
Jun 9, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Pulaski	46 min
Jun 9, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps	24 min
Jun 9, 4:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede	37 min
Jun 9, 4:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	51 min
Jun 9, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon	48 min
Jun 9, 4:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence	46 min
Jun 9, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede, Pulaski	32 min
Jun 9, 5:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede, Wright	26 min
Jun 9, 5:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper	6 hr
Jun 9, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade	39 min
Jun 9, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	16 min
Jun 9, 5:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas	6 hr
Jun 9, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Laclede, Texas, Webster, Wright	38 min
Jun 9, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas	32 min
Jun 9, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Newton	34 min
Jun 9, 5:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Dallas, Laclede, Webster, Wright	5 hr
Jun 9, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence	56 min
Jun 9, 5:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	42 min
Jun 9, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Texas	55 min
Jun 9, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton	12 min
Jun 9, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Shannon, Texas	59 min
Jun 9, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene, Lawrence, Polk	40 min
Jun 9, 1:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	58 min
Jun 9, 1:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Bourbon	51 min
Jun 9, 2:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	39 min
Jun 9, 3:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	48 min
Jun 9, 3:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	50 min
Jun 9, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Crawford	53 min
Jun 9, 4:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2009 Every 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.