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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2010, 9:28 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 62 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 20, 2010, 9:28 PM CDT (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2010, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 2061 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1390 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
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 20, 8:31 PM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 8:31 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 656 PM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-220000- 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- 656 PM CDT TUE JUL 20 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...EXTREME. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... EXTREME EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK FOR GUSTS TO 60 MPH. LIMITED HAIL RISK FOR HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK. DISCUSSION... AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN REACHED THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES INTO THE UPPER 90S TO 106 DEGREES. EVENING HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REMAIN IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES. A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTHEAST AFFECTING MAINLY AREAS EAST OF A SCHELL CITY TO EMINENCE LINE THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING IN ADDITION TO A LIMITED HAIL RISK TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK. HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 100 TO 108 DEGREE RANGE WILL BE COMMON EACH AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY INTO TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING. && 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
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 6:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 643 PM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010 MOZ055-056-067-068-210030- HICKORY MO-ST. CLAIR MO-BENTON MO-MORGAN MO- 643 PM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BENTON...NORTH CENTRAL HICKORY... NORTHERN ST. CLAIR AND WEST CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRANDON TO 15 MILES WEST OF BRANDON TO 13 MILES NORTH OF APPLETON CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. STRONG WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAINFALL. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE APPLETON CITY...COLE CAMP...LINCOLN... LOWRY CITY...OSCEOLA AND WARSAW. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT INCLUDE LAKE OF THE OZARKS AND TRUMAN LAKE. PEOPLE IN BENTON...NORTHERN HICKORY...NORTHERN ST. CLAIR AND WESTERN MORGAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING LINCOLN...APPLETON CITY...COLE CAMP... WARSAW...TRUMAN LAKE...LOWRY CITY...OSCEOLA AND LAKE OF THE OZARKS... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. BOXELL
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 7:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 725 PM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010 MOZ066>068-077-078-210130- BARTON MO-CEDAR MO-VERNON MO-HICKORY MO-ST. CLAIR MO- 725 PM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HICKORY...NORTH CENTRAL BARTON... NORTHWESTERN CEDAR...ST. CLAIR AND VERNON COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES NORTH OF ICONIUM TO 8 MILES NORTH OF METZ...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE APPLETON CITY...EL DORADO SPRINGS... HERMITAGE...LOWRY CITY...NEVADA...OSCEOLA...SCHELL CITY...SHELDON... VERDELLA...WALKER...WEAUBLEAU AND WHEATLAND. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT INCLUDE POMME DE TERRE LAKE AND TRUMAN LAKE. PEOPLE IN HICKORY...NORTHERN BARTON...NORTHWESTERN CEDAR...ST. CLAIR AND VERNON COUNTIES...INCLUDING APPLETON CITY...SCHELL CITY...LOWRY CITY...WALKER...NEVADA...TRUMAN LAKE...OSCEOLA AND EL DORADO SPRINGS...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. BOXELL
Local storm report, Jul 20, 8:40 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Hickory, Miller, Morgan | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Greene, Webster | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 5:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Pulaski | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski | 54 min |
| Jul 21, 6:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Maries, Miller, Pulaski | 3 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.