Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2012, 5:55 PM CDT for Jasper County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. 3 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
- Aug 4, 2012, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cherokee County, KS, Jasper County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 6:01 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Crestline, KS | 15 TO 25 POWER POLES WERE DOWNED FROM 2 MILES WEST OF CRESTLINE TO CRESTLINE. |
| Aug 4, 6:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Joplin, MO | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES AROUND THE CITY. |
| Aug 4, 6:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jasper, MO | POWER POLES DOWN IN THE CITY OF JASPER. POLES ACROSS HIGHWAY 71 CAUSING TRAFFIC TO BACK UP. |
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 917 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
841
WUUS53 KSGF 042255
SVRSGF
KSC021-MOC097-042345-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0182.120804T2255Z-120804T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
555 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 551 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF GALENA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
POWER LINE POLES HAVE BEEN REPORTED BLOWN DOWN BY THIS STORM NEAR
CRESTLINE BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...ASBURY...ATLAS...BROOKLYN HEIGHTS...CARL
JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...CARTHAGE...CARYTOWN...CRESTLINE...
DUENWEG...DUQUESNE...GALENA...IRON GATES...JASPER...JOPLIN...
LAKESIDE...LAWTON...LOWELL...NECK CITY...NEUTRAL...OAKLAND PARK...
ORONOGO...PURCELL...RIVERTON...WACO AND WEBB CITY.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 17 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3735 9431 3735 9417 3716 9417 3705 9449
3706 9461 3702 9461 3700 9462 3700 9465
3708 9480 3723 9480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 263DEG 22KT 3715 9468
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
GRIFFIN2 follow-up statements
247
WWUS53 KSGF 042314
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
614 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012
KSC021-042324-
/O.CAN.KSGF.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-120804T2345Z/
CHEROKEE KS-
614 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3735 9431 3735 9417 3716 9417 3705 9450
3728 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 249DEG 27KT 3723 9447
$$
MOC097-042345-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-120804T2345Z/
JASPER MO-
614 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL JASPER
COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 612 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ORONOGO...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...ATLAS...BROOKLYN HEIGHTS...CARTERVILLE...
CARTHAGE...CARYTOWN...DUENWEG...DUQUESNE...JASPER...LAKESIDE...NECK
CITY...NORTHEASTERN JOPLIN...OAKLAND PARK...ORONOGO...PURCELL AND
WEBB CITY.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 16 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3735 9431 3735 9417 3716 9417 3705 9450
3728 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 249DEG 27KT 3723 9447
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
GRIFFIN190
WWUS53 KSGF 042337
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
637 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012
MOC097-042346-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-120804T2345Z/
JASPER MO-
637 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA BUT A NEW WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FURTHER EAST OF THIS AREA FOR
THIS STORM.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
LAT...LON 3735 9431 3735 9417 3716 9417 3705 9450
3728 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 249DEG 27KT 3729 9428
$$
GRIFFINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 7:10 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 13 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Laclede | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Newton | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Webster, Wright | 17 min |
| Aug 4, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Maries | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barton | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene, Lawrence | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Cherokee | 49 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.