Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2012, 5:03 PM CDT for Barry County, Lawrence County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 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
- Aug 16, 2012, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barry County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Newton County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 5:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Pierce City, MO | VIA ESPOTTER |
| Aug 16, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Monett, MO | VIA ESPOTTER |
| Aug 16, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | Pierce City, MO | VIA ESPOTTER. CORRECTED. SOME DAMAGE REPORTED. |
| Aug 16, 5:35 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Pierce City, MO | DAMAGE REPORTED TO VEHICLES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 1719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
392
WUUS53 KSGF 162203
SVRSGF
MOC009-109-145-162245-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0232.120816T2203Z-120816T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
503 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 500 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
GRANBY...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...
BUTTERFIELD...FAIRVIEW...GRANBY...MONETT...NEWTONIA...PIERCE
CITY...PIONEER...PURDY...RITCHEY...STARK CITY...STELLA AND WHEATON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3673 9407 3675 9407 3675 9430 3676 9437
3692 9433 3701 9379 3671 9387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 252DEG 27KT 3684 9425
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
HATCH2 follow-up statements
537
WWUS53 KSGF 162222
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
522 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
MOC145-162232-
/O.CAN.KSGF.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-120816T2245Z/
NEWTON MO-
522 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3690 9407 3697 9406 3701 9379 3686 9383
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 252DEG 27KT 3683 9406
$$
MOC009-109-162245-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-120816T2245Z/
BARRY MO-LAWRENCE MO-
522 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
LAWRENCE AND NORTHWESTERN BARRY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...
AT 519 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF PIERCE CITY...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...
MONETT AND PIERCE CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3690 9407 3697 9406 3701 9379 3686 9383
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 252DEG 27KT 3683 9406
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
LINDENBERG051 WWUS53 KSGF 162240 SVSSGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 540 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 MOC009-109-162245- /O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-120816T2245Z/ BARRY MO-LAWRENCE MO- 540 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE AND NORTHWESTERN BARRY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 534 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONETT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. HAZARD...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. IMPACT...EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MONETT AND PIERCE CITY. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN PIERCE CITY. A NEW WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3690 9407 3697 9406 3701 9379 3686 9383 TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 243DEG 2KT 3695 9395 HAIL...2.75IN WIND...60 MPH $$ LINDENBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 12:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Webster | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dent | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Texas | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Texas, Wright | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Webster | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon, Texas | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Shannon | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Shannon, Texas | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas, Wright | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Texas, Webster, Wright | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon, Shannon | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Wright | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster, Wright | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Newton | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence, Stone | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone, Taney | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Webster | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Newton | 27 min |
| Aug 16, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Greene | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Webster | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Newton | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dent | 24 min |
| Aug 16, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 6:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Christian, Greene, Webster | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Webster | 31 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.