Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT for Dent County, Phelps County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 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, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Dent County, MO, Phelps County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 6:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 9 Ssw Rolla, 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, 11.5 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
284
WUUS53 KSGF 152330
SVRSGF
MOC065-161-160015-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0041.120315T2330Z-120316T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
630 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.
* AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF
BANGERT TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDGAR SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ANUTT...BANGERT...DOOLITTLE...EDGAR
SPRINGS...HOWES...JEROME...LAKE SPRING...LECOMA...NEWBURG...
NORTHWYE AND ROLLA.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 185 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED
BY THESE STORMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...IF YOU
ARE IN THEIR PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
HEAVY RAINS MAY QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS CREEKS...
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS AS AUTOMOBILES CAN QUICKLY STALL.
&&
LAT...LON 3764 9203 3801 9202 3796 9153 3780 9152
3779 9150 3769 9150
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 295DEG 16KT 3787 9153 3777 9195
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
KARDELL1 follow-up statement
747
WWUS53 KSGF 160005
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
705 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012
MOC065-161-160015-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120316T0015Z/
DENT MO-PHELPS MO-
705 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL PHELPS AND NORTHWESTERN DENT COUNTIES...
AT 701 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES
NORTH OF BANGERT TO LECOMA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS
ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ANUTT...BANGERT...HOWES...LAKE SPRING AND
LECOMA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...IF YOU
ARE IN THEIR PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3770 9185 3793 9181 3796 9153 3780 9152
3779 9150 3769 9150
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 295DEG 16KT 3782 9147 3774 9174
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
KARDELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Douglas | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Maries | 22 min |
| Mar 15, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Phelps | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller | 17 min |
| Mar 15, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps | 42 min |
| Mar 15, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Phelps, Pulaski | 49 min |
| Mar 15, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Phelps | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 4:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Phelps | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps | 19 min |
| Mar 15, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Phelps, Pulaski | 51 min |
| Mar 15, 5:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 5 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Shannon | 49 min |
| Mar 15, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon, Texas | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon | 34 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.