Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2012, 3:24 PM CDT for Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2012, 3:58 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Taney County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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, 3:27 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 4 N Branson, MO | DIME SIZE HAIL AND ONE INCH OF RAINFALL FELL IN THIS LOCATION. |
| Aug 8, 3:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Branson, MO | A POWER LINE WAS BLOWN DOWN. LARGE TREE BRANCHES BLOWN DOWN NEAR DOWNTOWN BRANSON. |
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 67 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.
167
WUUS53 KSGF 082024
SVRSGF
MOC213-082115-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0211.120808T2024Z-120808T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
324 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 321 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORSYTH...
AND MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN NORTHEAST OF
BRANSON.
IMPACT...TREE BRANCHES UP TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE TO SHINGLE ROOFS AND METAL
OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRADLEYVILLE...BRANSON...EDGEWATER BEACH...FORSYTH...HOLLISTER...
KIRBYVILLE...KISSEE MILLS...MERRIAM WOODS...OZARK BEACH...
POWERSITE...ROCKAWAY BEACH...RUETER...TABLE ROCK...TANEYVILLE AND
WALNUT SHADE.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES TABLE ROCK LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3660 9332 3674 9331 3682 9325 3681 9292
3671 9284 3659 9286 3651 9297 3651 9319
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 195DEG 6KT 3666 9312
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70 MPH
$$
KARDELL1 follow-up statement
471
WWUS53 KSGF 082058
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
358 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
MOC213-082108-
/O.CAN.KSGF.SV.W.0211.000000T0000Z-120808T2115Z/
TANEY MO-
358 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TANEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3660 9332 3674 9331 3682 9325 3681 9292
3671 9284 3659 9286 3651 9297 3651 9319
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 195DEG 6KT 3672 9310
$$
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, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Stone | 44 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.