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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Springfield, MO

March 17, 2012Maries County, Miller County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT for Maries County, Miller County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 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 17, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 17, 5:16 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	2 N Iberia, 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, 10.0 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-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: 1549 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

653 
WUUS53 KSGF 172200
SVRSGF
MOC125-131-172230-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0050.120317T2200Z-120317T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
500 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 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 530 PM CDT.

* AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IBERIA...OR 16 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF OSAGE BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM
  IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BRINKTOWN AND IBERIA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM 
CDT FOR EASTERN MARIES AND NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTIES.

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 3825 9209 3801 9203 3802 9239 3820 9246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 247DEG 25KT 3807 9231
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

WISE

1 follow-up statement

532 
WWUS53 KSGF 172210
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
510 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012

MOC125-131-172230-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-120317T2230Z/
MARIES MO-MILLER MO-
510 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MILLER AND WESTERN MARIES COUNTIES...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM 
CDT FOR EASTERN MARIES AND NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTIES...

AT 508 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR IBERIA...OR 18 MILES EAST OF
OSAGE BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR 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 3805 9232 3816 9238 3820 9234 3822 9230
      3825 9209 3804 9204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 248DEG 19KT 3812 9228
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.25IN

$$

WISE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 17, 9:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Hickory	44 min
Mar 17, 9:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Morgan	46 min
Mar 17, 10:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Camden	29 min
Mar 17, 10:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Morgan	18 min
Mar 17, 11:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	25 min
Mar 17, 11:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Douglas	32 min
Mar 17, 11:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Pulaski	31 min
Mar 17, 11:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Texas	32 min
Mar 17, 11:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Maries	38 min
Mar 17, 11:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps, Pulaski	34 min
Mar 17, 12:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Camden	36 min
Mar 17, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Morgan	24 min
Mar 17, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	24 min
Mar 17, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	27 min
Mar 17, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller	25 min
Mar 17, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller	31 min
Mar 17, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Maries, Miller	63 min
Mar 17, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	48 min
Mar 17, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	28 min
Mar 17, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller	50 min
Mar 17, 6:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Maries, Miller, Phelps	6 hr
Mar 17, 6:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Maries	55 min
Mar 17, 6:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller	5 hr
Mar 17, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries	41 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.