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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Springfield, MO

July 12, 2010Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2010, 8:36 PM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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
Jul 12, 2010, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2010, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 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
Jul 12, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 12, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

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 12, 4:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 4:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 4:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
438 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2010

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-132145-
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-
438 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISK LEVEL IS...SIGNIFICANT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

SIGNIFICANT RISK OF WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH.
ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK.
ELEVATED RISK OF HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS.
ELEVATED FLOODING RISK.
LIMITED TORNADO RISK.

AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
EXTENDING FROM PITTSBURG KANSAS TO VICHY MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI LATER THIS EVENING
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A COMPLEX OF STORMS DEVELOPS ACROSS
CENTRAL KANSAS AND PUSHES SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA.

DISCUSSION...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE MAIN RISK WILL BE LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF
DOLLARS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THERE WILL BE A
LIMITED RISK FOR A BRIEF WEAK TORNADO OR TWO ASSOCIATED WITH ANY
STORMS THAT DEVELOP AND MOVE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY.

A MORE ORGANIZED COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE
LATER THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL
OCCUR IN RESPONSE TO AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
INTERACTING WITH A HIGHLY UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST AIRMASS.

THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF
DOLLARS...AND FLASH FLOODING. DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF
INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR...THERE IS ALSO A LIMITED RISK FOR
TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH TONIGHTS THUNDERSTORMS.

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

RESIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING TUESDAY MORNING.

HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN EXCESS OF 100 DEGREES
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
 KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
 EVENING. ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING INTO
 TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN
 MISSOURI.

&&

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)

WISE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 12, 3:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
339 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2010

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

0320 PM     TORNADO          4 W LAMAR               37.49N 94.35W
07/12/2010                   BARTON             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER AND STORM SPOTTERS VISUALLY CONFIRMED
            TORNADO TOUCHDOWN BETWEEN LAMAR AND IANTHA.

&&

LDOOLEY
Local storm report, Jul 12, 3:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
352 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2010

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

0347 PM     TORNADO          2 NE LAMAR              37.52N 94.25W
07/12/2010                   BARTON             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT 160
            AND HWY EE JUST EAST OF LAMAR.

&&

LDOOLEY
Local storm report, Jul 12, 3:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 8:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden, Miller, Morgan3 hr
Jul 12, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton52 min
Jul 12, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton66 min
Jul 12, 9:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Phelps, Shannon, Texas2 hr
Jul 12, 9:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton5 hr
Jul 12, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton54 min
Jul 12, 9:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMiller, Morgan100 min
Jul 12, 10:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry6 hr
Jul 12, 10:57 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFCamden, Maries, Miller, Morgan, Phelps, Pulaski9 hr
Jul 12, 11:27 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFDent, Phelps, Shannon, Texas8 hr
Jul 13, 4:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper, Newton6 hr
Jul 13, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, McDonald34 min
Jul 13, 1:50 PM CDTHeat AdvisorySGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more53 hr
Jul 12, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee59 min
Jul 12, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCherokee31 min
Jul 12, 9:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2010Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.