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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 372, NWS Springfield, MO

July 3, 2011Christian County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2011, 3:39 PM CDT for Christian County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2011, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2011, 4:07 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Christian County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 45 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1800 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

590 
WUUS53 KSGF 032039
SVRSGF
MOC043-032130-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0372.110703T2039Z-110703T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
339 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.

* AT 338 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOAZ...OR 6 MILES WEST OF NIXA...MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE EXTREME SOUTHERN SPRINGFIELD...NIXA AND
  OZARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...IF YOU
ARE IN ITS PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSE A VARIETY OF HAZARDS TO THOSE OUTDOORS...
INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS THAT CAN CREATE DANGEROUS
FLYING PROJECTILES AND DEBRIS...AS WELL AS DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INDOORS TO A
STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3696 9334 3699 9334 3699 9341 3700 9346
      3709 9343 3710 9322 3709 9313 3694 9316
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 266DEG 12KT 3703 9338
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

HATCH

2 follow-up statements

403 
WWUS53 KSGF 032056
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
356 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

MOC043-032130-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0372.000000T0000Z-110703T2130Z/
CHRISTIAN MO-
356 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY...

AT 352 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOAZ...OR 4 MILES WEST OF NIXA...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE EXTREME SOUTHERN SPRINGFIELD AND NIXA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...IF YOU
ARE IN ITS PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3696 9334 3699 9334 3699 9341 3709 9342
      3710 9331 3709 9323 3695 9326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 262DEG 8KT 3704 9336
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

HATCH

076 
WWUS53 KSGF 032107 RRA
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
407 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

MOC043-032118-
/O.CAN.KSGF.SV.W.0372.000000T0000Z-110703T2130Z/
CHRISTIAN MO-
407 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER
SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3696 9334 3699 9334 3699 9341 3709 9342
      3710 9331 3709 9323 3695 9326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 262DEG 8KT 3704 9333

$$

HATCH

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 3, 2:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 2:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
204 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

.DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 130 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011/

A WEAK FRONT STALLED OVER CNTRL MO/EAST CNTRL KS...AND HAS BECOME REINFORCED
BY RAIN COOLED AIR TO SOME EXTENT. THIS HAS KEPT MOST OF THE FCST
AREA IN THE HOT/MUGGY AIR. TEMPERATURES ARE AGAIN APPROACHING 100
DEG F AT KJLN AND ARE IN THE LOW/MID 90S ELSEWHERE. LIKE YESTERDAY
LOWER DEW POINTS ARE KEEPING HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM GETTING WAY
OUT OF HAND...GENERALLY IN THE MID/UPPER 90S AT AIRPORT SITES AT 1
PM. CLOUD COVER AND CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT IS NOW HELPING TO SLOW THE
UPWARD DIURNAL TEMPERATURE TREND...BUT MOST AREAS SHOULD SEE 100
TO 105 DEG F HEAT INDEX VALUES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

A SHORTWAVE OVER EASTERN NEB/EASTERN KS WITH CONVECTIVE CLUSTER
AHEAD OF IT OVER NORTHERN/CENTRAL MO WILL SHIFT E-SE THIS
AFTERNOON/TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL BOUNDARIES SOUTH OF THE CONVECTION INTO
WESTERN MO MAY SERVED AS A TRIGGER FOR CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON.
STRONG/SEVERE CONVECTION HAS SKIRTED THE FAR NORTHERN CWFA WITH
THIS FEATURE...BUT WITH CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE BEING REACHED...MAY
SEE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS BOUNDARY SHORTLY. ELSEWHERE...ISOLD
PULSE STORMS ARE AGAIN UNDERWAY OVER THE MO OZARKS. GIVEN THE
STRONG INSTABILITY WITH RUC PROGGED SOUNDINGS INDICATING 3000 J/KG
MLCAPES AND WITH SOME MID LEVEL DRY AIR (20-25 DEG K THETA-E
DIFFERENTIAL SFC-700/500MB)...HAIL/WIND WILL BE THE MAIN STORM
THREATS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

THE SHORTWAVE IS PROGGED TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST TO THE BOOTHEAL
REGION BY 05/0000Z...SO OVERNIGHT CONVECTION NEAR OR JUST NORTH-
EAST OF THE CWFA WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT WHERE LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE IS MAXIMIZED. HAVE HIGHEST POPS OVER CNTRL MO TO COVER
THIS. ONCE THE SHORTWAVE MOVES E-SE OF THE REGION...WE MAY GET A
BREAK IN THE CONVECTION TUE-TUE EVENING. BUT WITH MORE ABUNDANT
SUNSHINE...PROGGED HEAT INDEX VALUES REACH THE 100-105 DEG F TUE
AFTERNOON.

WITH THE MAIN UPPER RIDGE AXIS OVER THE WESTERN CONUS...ANOTHER
SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED SFC FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION
WED-WED NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR TSTMS. AFTER THAT...SOME
NIGHTTIME CONVECTION MAY AFFECT AREAS NORTH OF THE
FRONT...GENERALLY FAVORING THE SW AND SOUTHERN CWFA DEPENDING ON
WHERE THE BAROCLINIC ZONE SETS UP. IN LATER PERIODS...BOTH THE GFS
AND ECMWF INDICATE THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDING BACK TO THE NORTHEAST
INTO THE AREA BY NEXT WEEKEND.

DSA

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 18Z TAFS...A COLD/STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI
WILL CONTINUE TO ACT AS A FOCUS FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH
FORECAST PERIOD. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TO
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE 4TH OF JULY. DESPITE THE FRONT...CURRENT
THINKING IS THAT COVERAGE WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT FOR PREDOMINANT
CONVECTION IN THE TAFS AND HAVE USED VCTS OR CB INSTEAD. VFR
CONDITIONS WILL BE PREDOMINANT AS A RESULT...EXCEPT IF THUNDERSTORMS
DO IMPACT TERMINALS. WILL MONITOR AND UPDATE AS NEEDED IN THE
EVENT STORMS DO IMPACT AREA AERODROMES.

HATCH

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 12:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1259 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-041800-
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-
1259 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

 THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISK LEVEL IS...ELEVATED.

LIMITED RISK FOR LIGHTNING.
LIMITED RISK FOR LARGE HAIL.
LIMITED RISK FOR DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND.
ELEVATED RISK FOR EXTREME HEAT.

DISCUSSION...

A FRONT HAS STALLED OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY WITH SIGNIFICANTLY
COOLER AIR REMAINING NORTH OF THE REGION. HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO PRODUCE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 IN
MANY AREAS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW A FEW
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS THE MAIN POTENTIAL STORM THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW STRONG TO
SEVERE...WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY. ANOTHER FRONT MOVING
SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION WILL BRING ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE UPCOMING
WEEK. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 100 TO 105
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LOCALIZED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND
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)

DSA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:01 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
301 PM CDT SUN JUL 03 2011

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

0258 PM     FLOOD            STRAFFORD               37.27N 93.12W
07/03/2011                   GREENE             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            ONE TO TWO INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY IN
            THE TOWN OF STRAFFORD.

&&

BOXELL

Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:07 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
307 PM CDT SUN JUL 03 2011

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

0300 PM     HAIL             2 S CAMDENTON           37.98N 92.74W
07/03/2011  E1.00 INCH       CAMDEN             MO   PUBLIC

&&

JTK

Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:08 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
308 PM CDT SUN JUL 03 2011

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

0302 PM     HAIL             5 NNW CAMDENTON         38.07N 92.79W
07/03/2011  E1.00 INCH       CAMDEN             MO   PUBLIC

&&

JTK

Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:24 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
324 PM CDT SUN JUL 03 2011

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

0300 PM     HAIL             CAMDENTON               38.01N 92.74W
07/03/2011  E1.75 INCH       CAMDEN             MO   PUBLIC

&&

JTK

Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:37 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
337 PM CDT SUN JUL 03 2011

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

0329 PM     HAIL             1 W SPRINGFIELD         37.20N 93.30W
07/03/2011  E1.25 INCH       GREENE             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JTK

Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
339 PM CDT SUN JUL 03 2011

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

0331 PM     HAIL             SPRINGFIELD             37.20N 93.29W
07/03/2011  E1.75 INCH       GREENE             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AT WALNUT AND
            KANSAS EXPRESSWAY.

&&

JTK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory, St. Clair	35 min
Jul 2, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	35 min
Jul 2, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Cedar	31 min
Jul 2, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair	41 min
Jul 2, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	55 min
Jul 3, 1:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Morgan	27 min
Jul 3, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Morgan	25 min
Jul 3, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Webster	33 min
Jul 3, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Camden	37 min
Jul 3, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	55 min
Jul 3, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	32 min
Jul 3, 2:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Greene, Webster	2 hr
Jul 3, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	44 min
Jul 3, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Pulaski	39 min
Jul 3, 3:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Greene	97 min
Jul 3, 3:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Laclede	34 min
Jul 3, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Maries	25 min
Jul 3, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Pulaski	25 min
Jul 3, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Phelps	38 min
Jul 3, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas	27 min
Jul 3, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Vernon	27 min
Jul 3, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon	30 min
Jul 3, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Polk	56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2011 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.