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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2009, 1:06 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 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 10, 2009, 1:06 AM CDT (06:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2009, 1:25 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Bourbon County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1799 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 16.4
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 10, 12:11 AM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 12:11 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1211 AM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...UPDATE TO AVIATION... && .DISCUSSION... MAIN FOCUS THIS FORECAST WILL BE WITH CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION CHANCES. WARM FRONT HAS LIFTED NORTH/NORTHEAST INTO THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TODAY AND WAS NEAR A FORT SCOTT TO EMINENCE LINE AS OF 19Z. SURFACE BASED CAPES SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT HAVE INCREASED TO AROUND 3000-3500 J/KG WITH BULK SHEAR ALONG THE FRONT FROM 40 TO 70 KTS. STORMS QUICKLY BECAME SUPERCELLULAR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE FRONT AND THIS TREND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. NOT MUCH OF A CAP YET AT SGF AS OF 19Z SOUNDING HOWEVER AS WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEAST THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING THE CAP WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN(SEE 19Z OUN SOUNDING). THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT LATER TONIGHT WITH LOW LEVEL JET CRANKING UP AGAIN AND FEEDING MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. BULK OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT WILL LIKELY OCCUR NORTH OF THE CWA WITH CENTRAL MO ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION. WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NOW. THIS WILL PROBABLY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOWEVER AS FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE BACK TO THE SOUTH INTO THE AREA. HEAVY RAIN APPEARS LIKELY WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS FRONT MOVES BACK TO THE SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA AND ANOTHER SHORTWAVE PUSHES IN FROM THE WEST. MAY BE A BREAK IN THE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...HOWEVER MODELS HANDLE THIS TIME FRAME DIFFERENTLY AND WITH FRONT NOT MOVING MUCH TO THE SOUTH CAN NOT RULE IT OUT COMPLETELY. FRONT MOVES BACK INTO THE FORECAST AREA OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AND WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. LINDENBERG && .AVIATION... FOR THE 06Z TAFS...CONVECTION LOOKS TO BE PULLING OFF TO THE EAST OF BOTH AIRFIELDS EARLY THIS MORNING. CURRENT RADAR MOTIONS SHOW THAT THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING EAST. WILL NEED TO WATCH FURTHER REDEVELOPMENT OVER KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING AND UPDATE TAFS AS NEEDED. CONVECTION RETURNS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON. BOTH AIRPORTS WILL BE IMPACTED AS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOST LIKELY BE OCCURRING ON AND OFF THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. CLAYCOMB && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 10:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1053 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-110400- 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- 1053 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI OVERNIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. COMMUNITIES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEOSHO TO CHRISTIAN CENTER TO WILLOW SPRINGS WILL BE MOST IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS AND MAY TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME LOCATIONS TONIGHT OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME FLASH FLOODING LATER TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT STALLS OUT OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER BACK AND FORTH THROUGH THE REGION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT FOR COMMUNITIES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEOSHO TO CHRISTIAN CENTER TO WILLOW SPRINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ONCE AGAIN MOVE NORTH BY SUNRISE AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED NORTH OF THIS LINE. && 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) CLAYCOMB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1112 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0331 PM TSTM WND GST 4 N POLK 37.60N 94.74W
06/09/2009 E60 MPH CRAWFORD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME SIZE HAIL
&&
KARDELLLocal storm report, Jun 9, 11:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1122 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1035 PM TSTM WND DMG CASSVILLE 36.68N 93.87W
06/09/2009 BARRY MO PUBLIC
LARGE TREE DOWN ON FAIR STREET NEAR CROWER COLLEGE
&&
KARDELLLocal storm report, Jun 9, 11:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1124 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1110 PM TSTM WND GST KIMBERLING CITY 36.63N 93.42W
06/09/2009 M47 MPH STONE MO EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
KARDELLLocal storm report, Jun 9, 11:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1126 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 NNW SLEEPER 37.83N 92.62W
06/09/2009 LACLEDE MO DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
STATE ROUTE BB CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
&&
KARDELLLocal storm report, Jun 9, 11:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1127 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 SSW RICHLAND 37.80N 92.42W
06/09/2009 LACLEDE MO DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
STATE ROUTE FF CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
&&
KARDELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon, Texas | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Shannon | 67 min |
| Jun 9, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Oregon | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 8:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Shannon | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 8:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Vernon | 11 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Dallas, Dent, Hickory, Howell and 8 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 57 min |
| Jun 9, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 10:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 10:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 10:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar | 72 min |
| Jun 10, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Polk | 86 min |
| Jun 10, 2:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Greene | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 3:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 27 min |
| Jun 10, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Polk | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 9 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Webster and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 10, 9:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Polk | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 11:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more | 18 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Texas, Wright | 68 min |
| Jun 10, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 5:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | St. Clair, Vernon | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Vernon | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Hickory, St. Clair | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dade | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Morgan | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 6:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, St. Clair | 5 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Shannon, Texas | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell, Shannon, Texas | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Hickory, Jasper and 3 more | 39 min |
| Jun 10, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Miller | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Hickory, Polk | 25 min |
| Jun 10, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Morgan | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 54 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 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.