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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Springfield, MO

September 7, 2012Oregon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2012, 3:36 PM CDT for Oregon County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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: Sep 7, 2012, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired: Sep 7, 2012, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Oregon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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
Sep 7, 4:01 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Thayer, MO	SEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE ROAD IN AND NEAR THAYER.

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
Sep 7, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 208 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: 1095 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1368 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.9

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The text

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

359 
WUUS53 KSGF 072036
SVRSGF
MOC149-072115-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0271.120907T2036Z-120907T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
336 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 334 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF THAYER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

  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...
  COUCH...KOSHKONONG...MYRTLE AND THAYER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3650 9167 3669 9167 3669 9129 3650 9122
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 246DEG 18KT 3647 9162

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

COLUCCI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 6, 8:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Stone	24 min
Sep 6, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	27 min
Sep 6, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	30 min
Sep 6, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller	28 min
Sep 7, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Ozark	45 min
Sep 7, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	47 min
Sep 7, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, St. Clair, Vernon	52 min
Sep 7, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Howell	32 min
Sep 7, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Howell	29 min
Sep 7, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper	66 min
Sep 7, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	57 min
Sep 7, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Cedar, Dade, Hickory, Jasper, Lawrence and 2 more	55 min
Sep 7, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Shannon, Texas	41 min
Sep 7, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Christian, Dade, Greene, Hickory, Jasper and 3 more	55 min
Sep 7, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Webster, Wright	50 min
Sep 7, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	18 min
Sep 7, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone	49 min
Sep 7, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	44 min
Sep 7, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	16 min
Sep 7, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede	18 min
Sep 7, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede, Webster, Wright	50 min
Sep 7, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Stone, Taney	52 min
Sep 7, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	49 min
Sep 7, 5:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Texas	22 min
Sep 7, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps, Pulaski	30 min
Sep 7, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dent	31 min
Sep 7, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Oregon	29 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.