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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 276, NWS Springfield, MO

September 7, 20124 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2012, 4:19 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 7, 2012, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired: Sep 7, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Howell County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Texas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 19 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

703 
WUUS53 KSGF 072119
SVRSGF
MOC091-149-203-215-072200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0276.120907T2119Z-120907T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 418 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF MOUNTAIN VIEW...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.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BIRCH TREE...MONTIER...MOUNTAIN VIEW...PEACE VALLEY...PINE CREST...
  POMONA...ROVER...TERESITA...THOMASVILLE...WHITE CHURCH AND WILLOW
  SPRINGS.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
SPRINGFIELD.

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 3713 9140 3660 9142 3677 9197 3705 9200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 266DEG 22KT 3693 9182

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

HATCH

1 follow-up statement

060 
WWUS53 KSGF 072155
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
455 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

MOC091-149-203-215-072205-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0276.000000T0000Z-120907T2200Z/
HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-SHANNON MO-TEXAS MO-
455 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN SHANNON...NORTHWESTERN OREGON AND NORTHEASTERN HOWELL
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3713 9140 3660 9142 3677 9197 3705 9200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 266DEG 22KT 3694 9155

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 7, 3:44 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 3:44 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
344 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

...MESO-SCALE FORECAST DISCUSSION...

.UPDATE...
/ISSUED 330 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012/

A COMPLEX FORECAST SCENARIO CONTINUED TO TAKE SHAPE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD
OF A POSITIVE TILT UPPER TROUGH DROPPING SOUTH INTO THE CENTRAL
U.S. AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT THAT STRETCHED FROM NORTHEASTERN
MISSOURI TO SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. THIS FRONT WILL PUSH STEADILY
SOUTHEAST AND REACH THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR BY LATE AFTERNOON.
ALSO MONITORING A MINOR SHORTWAVE TRACKING ACROSS SOUTHERN
MISSOURI AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

THUNDERSTORMS HAD RAPIDLY DEVELOPED AND INTENSIFIED ALONG THE APPROACHING
COLD FRONT FROM WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.
THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CONGEAL AND MOVE FAIRLY RAPIDLY TO
THE EAST. THESE STORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SURFACE BASED AND
TAP INTO MODERATE INSTABILITY OF NEAR 2500 J/KG OF CAPE. NEARLY
UNIDIRECTIONAL DEEP LAYER WIND FIELD AND INCREASING DEEP LAYER
SHEAR WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF DAMAGING WINDS. REPORTS FROM
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INDICATE GUSTS UP TO 68 KTS AT COFFEYVILLE. IN
ADDITION HEIGHT FALLS AND STEEPENING LAPSE RATES WILL SUPPORT THE
POTENTIAL OF LARGE HAIL. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS HAVE
BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AHEAD OF A MINOR SHORTWAVE.

RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEHIND THE
LEADING LINE OF STORMS.

THOSE WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PLANNED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER.

FOSTER

&&

.DISCUSSION...

MUCH COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER WILL ARRIVE BEHIND THE FRONT LATER
TONIGHT AND INTO THE WEEKEND. NORTH WINDS WILL BE GUSTY BEHIND THE
FRONT THIS EVENING INTO SATURDAY. HIGHS SATURDAY WILL REMAIN IN
THE 70S WITH LOWS THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 50S.

WARMING TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN NEXT WITH DRY WEATHER CONTINUING
THROUGH MID WEEK.

FOSTER

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 18Z TAFS...CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE VFR IN
ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT
THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION AFTER 20-21Z AND
IMPACT AREA TERMINALS THROUGH 02-03Z. DURING THIS PERIOD...MVFR TO
OCCASIONAL IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE IF
STORMS MOVE OVER THE AERODROMES. OTHERWISE...EXPECT MVFR
CONDITIONS. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN FROM
06-07Z THROUGH SUNRISE IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT AS COOLER AIR
FILTERS INTO THE AREA. GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED
AFTER SUNRISE SATURDAY.

HATCH

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 4:19 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
419 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-082130-
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
419 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  ELEVATED HAIL RISK.
  ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND
  PUSH EAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
  EVENING. THERE IS AN ELEVATED RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS TO 80 MPH...LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE
  OF HALF DOLLARS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
  GROUND LIGHTNING.

  THE PRIMARY LINE OF STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM THE LAKE OF THE
  OZARKS TO SPRINGFIELD AND CASSVILLE BY 5 PM...AND FROM NEAR
  VIENNA TO FORT LEONARD WOOD AND GAINESVILLE BY 7 PM.

  THE ELEVATED RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH 9 PM
  AS THE STORMS PROGRESS EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
  MISSOURI OZARKS.

  GENERAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE COLD
  FRONT WITH THE RISK OF FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
  CONTINUING THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

  HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH 100 DEGREES ACROSS FAR SOUTH
  CENTRAL MISSOURI AHEAD OF THE STORMS.

  GUSTY NORTH WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WILL FOLLOW THE FRONTAL PASSAGE
  LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

  NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)

FOSTER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 7, 3:41 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
341 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0339 PM     TSTM WND GST     11 W COLUMBUS           37.17N 95.04W
09/07/2012  E60 MPH          CHEROKEE           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

WISE

Local storm report, Sep 7, 3:54 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
354 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0353 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAMAR                   37.49N 94.28W
09/07/2012                   BARTON             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE TREES REPORTED DOWN INT THE TOWN OF LAMAR.

&&

HATCH

Local storm report, Sep 7, 3:59 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
359 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0355 PM     TSTM WND GST     LAMAR                   37.49N 94.28W
09/07/2012  E65 MPH          BARTON             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

HATCH

Local storm report, Sep 7, 4:00 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
400 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0353 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEVADA                  37.84N 94.35W
09/07/2012                   VERNON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE FELL ON A HOUSE.

&&

WISE

Local storm report, Sep 7, 4:05 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
405 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0404 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WEBB CITY               37.15N 94.48W
09/07/2012                   JASPER             MO   911 CALL CENTER

            MUTIPLE TREES DOWN THROUGH OUT COUNTY.

&&

WISE

Local storm report, Sep 7, 4:07 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
407 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0403 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PITTSBURG               37.41N 94.70W
09/07/2012                   CRAWFORD           KS   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            POWER LINES DOWN IN PITTSBURG.

&&

WISE

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, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	39 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, 4:20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.