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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

March 13, 2011Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2011, 3:02 PM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2011, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2011, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 13, 3:08 PM CDTHAIL 15 Se Joplin, MO
Mar 13, 3:40 PM CDTHAIL 0.882 Nw Sarcoxie, MO
Mar 13, 3:40 PM CDTHAIL 0.883 Wnw Sarcoxie, MO
Mar 13, 3:43 PM CDTHAIL 0.751 W Sarcoxie, MO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 2011-03-13Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2011-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2278 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

199 
WUUS53 KSGF 132002
SVRSGF
MOC097-145-132100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0013.110313T2002Z-110313T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
302 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT.

* AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EASTERN JOPLIN TO
  5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAGINAW...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS
  ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AIRPORT DRIVE...ATLAS...AVILLA...
  BROOKLYN HEIGHTS...CARL JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...CARTHAGE...CLIFF
  VILLAGE...DENNIS ACRES...DIAMOND...DUDENVILLE...DUENWEG...
  DUQUESNE...FIDELITY...GRANBY...JOPLIN...LAKESIDE...LEAWOOD...MAPLE
  GROVE...OAKLAND PARK...ORONOGO...REDINGS MILL...REEDS...RITCHEY...
  SAGINAW...SARCOXIE...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...SHOAL CREEK ESTATES...
  SHOAL CREEK ESTATE...SILVER CREEK...WEBB CITY AND WENTWORTH.

INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 31 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THESE STORMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...IF YOU
ARE IN THEIR PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3693 9451 3717 9459 3731 9409 3729 9408
      3729 9406 3687 9407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 265DEG 23KT 3712 9445 3696 9440
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

CRAMER
2 follow-up statements
776 
WWUS53 KSGF 132013
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
313 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2011

MOC097-145-132100-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110313T2100Z/
JASPER MO-NEWTON MO-
313 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN NEWTON AND SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTIES...

AT 310 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BROOKLYN HEIGHTS TO DIAMOND...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ATLAS...AVILLA...BROOKLYN HEIGHTS...
CARTERVILLE...CARTHAGE...DIAMOND...DUENWEG...EASTERN JOPLIN...
FIDELITY...LAKESIDE...MAPLE GROVE...REEDS...RITCHEY...SARCOXIE AND
WENTWORTH.

INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 31 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THESE STORMS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...IF YOU
ARE IN THEIR PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3692 9407 3696 9443 3705 9444 3715 9448
      3729 9408 3729 9406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 262DEG 28KT 3714 9433 3698 9433
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

CRAMER
976 
WWUS53 KSGF 132045
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
345 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2011

MOC097-145-132055-
/O.CAN.KSGF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110313T2100Z/
JASPER MO-NEWTON MO-
345 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEWTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING ARE EXITING THE WARNED
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3692 9407 3696 9443 3705 9444 3715 9448
      3729 9408 3729 9406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 262DEG 28KT 3717 9402 3701 9402

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence66 min
Mar 13, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone41 min
Mar 13, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian32 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.