Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 320, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 17, 2012, 2:54 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 51 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
- Oct 17, 2012, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2012, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Christian County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 3:21 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Lebanon, MO | LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON HIGHWAY 5 SOUTH OF LEBANON AND POWER POLE DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
768
WUUS53 KSGF 171954
SVRSGF
MOC043-105-225-229-172045-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0320.121017T1954Z-121017T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
254 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
EASTERN LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 251 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LEBANON...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...A WIND GUST OF 65 MPH WERE REPORTED IN NORTHEAST
SPRINGFIELD.
IMPACT...TREE BRANCHES UP TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE TO SHINGLE ROOFS AND METAL
OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DIGGINS...FORDLAND...HARTVILLE...LEBANON...ROGERSVILLE AND SEYMOUR.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 122 AND 142 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 3706 9306 3723 9306 3724 9269 3771 9270
3783 9244 3771 9241 3764 9225 3731 9227
3707 9269
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 262DEG 49KT 3755 9289
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70 MPH
$$
COLUCCI2 follow-up statements
785
WWUS53 KSGF 172024
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
324 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012
MOC043-225-172032-
/O.CAN.KSGF.SV.W.0320.000000T0000Z-121017T2045Z/
CHRISTIAN MO-WEBSTER MO-
324 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WEBSTER AND
NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3726 9268 3726 9269 3771 9270 3783 9244
3771 9241 3764 9225 3731 9227 3722 9244
3721 9268
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 262DEG 49KT 3760 9240
$$
MOC105-229-172045-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0320.000000T0000Z-121017T2045Z/
LACLEDE MO-WRIGHT MO-
324 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
WRIGHT AND EASTERN LACLEDE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 318 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LEBANON...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED LARGE TREE LIMBS AND POWER POLE
DOWN 5 MILES SOUTH OF LEBANON ON HIGHWAY 5.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN FORT LEONARD WOOD...HARTVILLE AND LEBANON.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 122 AND 142 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.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3726 9268 3726 9269 3771 9270 3783 9244
3771 9241 3764 9225 3731 9227 3722 9244
3721 9268
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 262DEG 49KT 3760 9240
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
COLUCCI762
WWUS53 KSGF 172030
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
330 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012
MOC105-229-172045-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0320.000000T0000Z-121017T2045Z/
LACLEDE MO-WRIGHT MO-
330 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
WRIGHT AND SOUTHEASTERN LACLEDE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 328 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF FORT LEONARD WOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. LARGE TREE LIMBS AND POWER PLOE DOWN ON
HIGHWAY 5 SOUTH OF LEBANON.
IMPACT...MINOR TREE DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN FORT LEONARD WOOD AND HARTVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3721 9268 3726 9268 3726 9269 3772 9255
3771 9241 3764 9225 3731 9227 3722 9244
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 262DEG 49KT 3761 9228
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
COLUCCIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Polk | 34 min |
| Oct 17, 1:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dade | 41 min |
| Oct 17, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene, Lawrence, Polk | 47 min |
| Oct 17, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Greene, Polk | 52 min |
| Oct 17, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede, Webster | 41 min |
| Oct 17, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Greene | 24 min |
| Oct 17, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Maries, Pulaski | 37 min |
| Oct 17, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps, Pulaski, Texas, Wright | 40 min |
| Oct 17, 3:40 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | SGF | Barton, Benton, Cedar, Dade, Hickory, Jasper and 4 more | 27 hr |
| Oct 17, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Ozark | 40 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.