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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Springfield, MO

September 16, 2010Howell County, Oregon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 2010, 12:02 AM CDT for Howell County, Oregon County, Missouri. It was in force for 73 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 16, 2010, 12:02 AM CDT (05:02 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 2010, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
73 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Howell County, MO, Oregon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:06 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
Sep 15, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 00:00Z on 2010-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 307 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 00:00Z on 2010-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
307 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1046 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
467 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, 10:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 10:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 15, 10:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1042 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-161200-
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-
1042 PM CDT WED SEP 15 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...

 THE LIGHTNING RISK IS SIGNIFICANT.
 THE THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK IS ELEVATED FOR GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
 THE FLOODING RISK IS ELEVATED.

DISCUSSION...

  A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT
  LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR
  THROUGH 3 AM. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE
  WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT
  LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
  MIDNIGHT NEAR THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR FROM BOLIVAR TO BRANSON.
  THESE STORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS THEY PUSH INTO
  CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...
  MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A JOPLIN TO SPRINGFIELD TO EMINENCE
  LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

  A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN
  MISSOURI EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...HOWEVER NO SEVERE STORMS ARE
  EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR AREAS
  NEAR THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR FROM BOLIVAR TO BRANSON.

&&

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)

SCHAUMANN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 15, 11:09 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 7:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchSGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 22 more6 hr
Sep 15, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair23 min
Sep 15, 8:32 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFVernon6 days
Sep 15, 8:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Hickory, Maries and 4 more13 hr
Sep 15, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, St. Clair, Vernon59 min
Sep 15, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper59 min
Sep 15, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarton, Jasper52 min
Sep 15, 9:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Dade, Dallas, Jasper, Laclede, Phelps and 2 more12 hr
Sep 15, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade, Greene, Lawrence, Newton, Polk76 min
Sep 15, 10:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDade, Dent, Greene, Laclede, Lawrence, Phelps and 6 more5 hr
Sep 15, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone40 min
Sep 15, 10:54 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian30 min
Sep 15, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney51 min
Sep 15, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark71 min
Sep 16, 2:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFCedar7 hr
Sep 16, 2:50 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFCamden, Maries, Miller, Morgan7 hr
Sep 16, 2:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFDent, Greene, Laclede, Lawrence, Phelps, Pulaski and 4 more7 hr
Sep 16, 9:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFDallas, Greene, Polk24 hr
Sep 15, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford54 min
Sep 15, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford36 min
Sep 16, 9:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBourbon24 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.