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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Springfield, MO

March 15, 2012Maries County, Miller County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2012, 3:46 PM CDT for Maries County, Miller County, Missouri. It was in force for 17 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
Mar 15, 2012, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 2012, 4:03 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 15, 3:55 PM CDTHAIL 1Iberia, MO

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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 197 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2012-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1947 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2012-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1947 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

160 
WUUS53 KSGF 152046
SVRSGF
MOC125-131-152130-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0033.120315T2046Z-120315T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
346 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  WESTERN MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.

* AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR IBERIA...OR 17 MILES EAST OF OSAGE
  BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BRINKTOWN AND IBERIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...IF YOU
ARE IN ITS PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3826 9208 3804 9196 3801 9217 3802 9237
      3810 9242
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 248DEG 16KT 3807 9230
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

KARDELL
2 follow-up statements
936 
WWUS53 KSGF 152057
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
357 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012

MOC125-131-152130-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120315T2130Z/
MARIES MO-MILLER MO-
357 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MILLER AND WESTERN MARIES COUNTIES...

AT 355 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
IBERIA...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF WAYNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BRINKTOWN AND IBERIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AT 355 PM...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN IBERIA.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...IF YOU
ARE IN ITS PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3804 9196 3801 9214 3801 9220 3803 9230
      3812 9234 3826 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 248DEG 16KT 3809 9225
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

KARDELL
822 
WWUS53 KSGF 152103
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
403 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012

MOC125-131-152113-
/O.CAN.KSGF.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120315T2130Z/
MARIES MO-MILLER MO-
403 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MILLER AND
WESTERN MARIES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER
SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3804 9196 3801 9214 3801 9220 3803 9230
      3812 9234 3826 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 248DEG 16KT 3810 9221

$$

KARDELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDouglas33 min
Mar 15, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMaries22 min
Mar 15, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent46 min
Mar 15, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPhelps36 min
Mar 15, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps42 min
Mar 15, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Phelps, Pulaski49 min
Mar 15, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries39 min
Mar 15, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Phelps47 min
Mar 15, 4:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFPhelps6 hr
Mar 15, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski31 min
Mar 15, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps19 min
Mar 15, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPhelps, Pulaski51 min
Mar 15, 5:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFPulaski5 hr
Mar 15, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps33 min
Mar 15, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFShannon49 min
Mar 15, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Phelps45 min
Mar 15, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon, Texas39 min
Mar 15, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Shannon34 min

Nearby

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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.