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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Springfield, MO

October 26, 2010Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 2010, 3:44 AM CDT for Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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
Oct 26, 2010, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2010, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Oregon County, MO, Shannon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 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
Oct 25, 10:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 2010-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2010-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 517 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1123 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
517 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
854 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 Oct 26, 2:56 AM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 2:56 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 25, 10:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1031 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-270345-
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-
1031 PM CDT MON OCT 25 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...

  ELEVATED RISK FOR THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 60 MPH.
  LIMITED TORNADO RISK.
  LIMITED HAIL RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK.
  ELEVATED NON-THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK.

DISCUSSION...

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP
FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SWEEP
RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS OVERNIGHT. SUFFICIENT
INSTABILITY AND VERY STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL RESULT IN STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS.

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY
HAZARD. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF WIND SHEAR...AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE. LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE QUARTERS MAY ALSO OCCUR
IN THE STRONGER STORMS.

SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY
71 WITH AN INCREASING RISK EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. THE
STORMS WILL REACH THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AROUND 1 AM...AND
HIGHWAY 63 BY 4 AM.

GUSTY SOUTH WINDS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
A BRIEF PERIOD OF STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE BEHIND THE STORMS DUE TO THE PASSING COLD FRONT.

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

THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WESTERLY
WINDS WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISK TUESDAY
AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. SOME LOCALIZED AREAS
MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. FIRES IN
THESE CONDITIONS CAN RAPIDLY ESCAPE CONTROL. ELEVATED FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ON AN AFTERNOON BASIS
THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.

THERE WILL BE A RISK OF PATCHY FROST THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE MISSOURI
 OZARKS.

&&

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)

FOSTER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 26, 2:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
210 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010

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

0135 AM     TSTM WND DMG     NORTHVIEW               37.29N 93.00W
10/26/2010                   WEBSTER            MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            10 INCH LIMB BROKE WINDOW

&&

LDOOLEY
Special weather statement, Oct 26, 2:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Local storm report, Oct 26, 2:45 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
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Local storm report, Oct 26, 2:49 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
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Local storm report, Oct 26, 3:26 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon22 min
Oct 25, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Morgan33 min
Oct 26, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton39 min
Oct 26, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald and 2 more55 min
Oct 26, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Cedar, Hickory, Morgan, Polk and 1 more53 min
Oct 26, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Dallas, Greene, Lawrence, Polk and 3 more58 min
Oct 26, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Miller and 2 more55 min
Oct 26, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski and 1 more58 min
Oct 26, 2:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon and 1 more65 min

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.