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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 230, NWS Springfield, MO

September 15, 2010Douglas County, Howell County, Ozark County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2010, 5:37 PM CDT for Douglas County, Howell County, Ozark County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 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
Sep 15, 2010, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2010, 6:20 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO, Ozark County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2010-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 153 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 2010-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
153 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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 Sep 15, 3:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 3:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 15, 4:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 15, 4:44 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
444 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010

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

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROGERSVILLE             37.12N 93.06W
09/15/2010                   WEBSTER            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

&&

AFOSTER
Special weather statement, Sep 15, 4:59 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
459 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010

MOZ091-092-095-096-152245-
WRIGHT MO-WEBSTER MO-CHRISTIAN MO-DOUGLAS MO-
459 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN...
SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER...SOUTHERN WRIGHT AND WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES
UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DUNCAN TO ELKHEAD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ODIN AND GOODHOPE BY 505 PM CDT.
  HARTVILLE BY 515 PM CDT.
  AVA AND MANSFIELD BY 520 PM CDT.
  SQUIRES BY 525 PM CDT.
  BRUSHYKNOB AND NORWOOD BY 535 PM CDT.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN...SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER...SOUTHERN
WRIGHT AND WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...INCLUDING SEYMOUR...
HARTVILLE...MANSFIELD...AVA AND NORWOOD...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LINDENBERG
Local storm report, Sep 15, 5:06 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
506 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010

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

0445 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E ROGERSVILLE         37.12N 93.00W
09/15/2010                   WEBSTER            MO   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TREE DOWN ACROSS ONE LANE OF WEST BOUND HIGHWAY 60

&&

AFOSTER
Local storm report, Sep 15, 5:32 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
532 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010

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

0445 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SW FORDLAND           37.12N 92.97W
09/15/2010                   WEBSTER            MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

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AFOSTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 10:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFSt. Clair, Vernon6 hr
Sep 15, 2:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFVernon6 days
Sep 15, 2:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFVernon5 days
Sep 15, 3:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFSt. Clair, Vernon6 hr
Sep 15, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Greene, Webster25 min
Sep 15, 2:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFBourbon56 hr
Sep 15, 2:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFBourbon30 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.