Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2012, 3:16 PM CDT for Christian County, Greene County, Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min. 6 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 8, 2012, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Christian County, MO, Greene County, MO, Stone County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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 8, 3:22 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | 1 S Republic, MO | THREE INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN. |
| Aug 8, 3:22 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 S Republic, MO | THREE INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN. |
| Aug 8, 3:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Springfield, MO | TREE DOWN NEAR WALNUT AND KANSAS EXPRESSWAY. |
| Aug 8, 3:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Springfield, MO | SEVERAL POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY WITH POWER OUTAGES. |
| Aug 8, 3:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | Republic, MO | |
| Aug 8, 3:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Republic, 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2303 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KSGF 082016
SVRSGF
MOC043-077-209-082100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0210.120808T2016Z-120808T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
316 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
NORTHEASTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 311 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLEVER...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. TREE
BRANCHES UP TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN. POSSIBLE
MINOR DAMAGE TO SHINGLE ROOFS AND METAL OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BATTLEFIELD...BILLINGS...BOAZ...BOIS D'ARC...CAVE SPRINGS...
CLEVER...EBENEZER...FREMONT HILLS...GALLOWAY...GLIDEWELL...NIXA...
REPUBLIC...SPRINGFIELD...TURNERS AND WILLARD.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 61 AND 85 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 9349 3738 9336 3734 9322 3728 9314
3717 9310 3705 9315 3701 9323 3697 9334
3696 9346 3704 9358 3712 9360 3725 9358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 215DEG 16KT 3708 9344
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70 MPH
$$
KARDELL3 follow-up statements
935
WWUS53 KSGF 082025
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
325 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
MOC043-077-209-082100-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-120808T2100Z/
CHRISTIAN MO-GREENE MO-STONE MO-
325 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
STONE...GREENE AND NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM
CDT...
AT 321 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BATTLEFIELD...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 63 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUST
REPORTED ONE MILE SOUTH OF REPUBLIC.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. TREE BRANCHES
UP TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN. POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE
TO SHINGLE ROOFS AND METAL OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BATTLEFIELD...BILLINGS...BOAZ...BOIS D'ARC...CAVE SPRINGS...CLEVER...
EBENEZER...FREMONT HILLS...GALLOWAY...GLIDEWELL...NIXA...REPUBLIC...
SPRINGFIELD...TURNERS AND WILLARD.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 61 AND 85 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3735 9349 3738 9336 3734 9322 3728 9314
3717 9310 3705 9315 3701 9323 3697 9334
3696 9346 3704 9358 3712 9360 3725 9358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 215DEG 16KT 3711 9341
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70 MPH
$$
KARDELL935
WWUS53 KSGF 082047
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
347 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
MOC043-077-209-082100-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-120808T2100Z/
CHRISTIAN MO-GREENE MO-STONE MO-
347 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
STONE...GREENE AND NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM
CDT...
AT 340 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REPUBLIC...AND
MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 59 MILE PER HOUR WINDS WERE
REPORTED ONE MILE SOUTH OF REPUBLIC.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. TREE BRANCHES
UP TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN. POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE
TO SHINGLE ROOFS AND METAL OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BATTLEFIELD...BILLINGS...BOAZ...BOIS D'ARC...CAVE SPRINGS...CLEVER...
EBENEZER...FREMONT HILLS...GALLOWAY...GLIDEWELL...NIXA...REPUBLIC...
SPRINGFIELD...TURNERS AND WILLARD.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 61 AND 85 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 9349 3738 9336 3734 9322 3728 9314
3717 9310 3705 9315 3701 9323 3697 9334
3696 9346 3704 9358 3712 9360 3725 9358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 253DEG 4KT 3710 9346
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70 MPH
$$
KARDELL487
WWUS53 KSGF 082057
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
357 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
MOC043-077-209-082107-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-120808T2100Z/
CHRISTIAN MO-GREENE MO-STONE MO-
357 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STONE...GREENE
AND NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3735 9349 3738 9336 3734 9322 3728 9314
3717 9310 3705 9315 3701 9323 3697 9334
3696 9346 3704 9358 3712 9360 3725 9358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 253DEG 4KT 3710 9345
$$
KARDELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Taney | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Cedar, Dade | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Camden, Maries, Miller | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Newton | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Camden, Maries, Miller | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Miller | 23 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.