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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Springfield, MO

March 19, 2012Cedar County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2012, 3:53 PM CDT for Cedar County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 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: Mar 19, 2012, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2012, 4:24 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Cedar County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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: 631 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

637 
WUUS53 KSGF 192053
SVRSGF
MOC039-192145-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0055.120319T2053Z-120319T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
353 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT.

* AT 350 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OLYMPIA TO 5 MILES
  SOUTH OF WAGONER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ARNICA...BEARCREEK...CANE HILL...
  CAPLINGER MILLS...CEDAR SPRINGS...FILLEY...MASTERS...OLYMPIA...
  STOCKTON...UMBER VIEW HEIGHTS AND WAGONER.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STOCKTON LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...IF
YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITH THESE STORMS. WHILE
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. SEEK SHELTER
INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. A TORNADO MAY
DEVELOP WITH LITTLE ADVANCED WARNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3790 9393 3789 9382 3783 9381 3783 9363
      3775 9363 3774 9361 3758 9362 3758 9396
      3781 9407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 226DEG 29KT 3773 9397 3761 9390
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

WISE

3 follow-up statements

879 
WWUS53 KSGF 192101
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
401 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

MOC039-192145-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-120319T2145Z/
CEDAR MO-
401 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR CEDAR COUNTY...

AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR SPRINGS TO FILLEY TO 4 MILES WEST OF UMBER VIEW
HEIGHTS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ARNICA...BEARCREEK...CAPLINGER MILLS...
CEDAR SPRINGS...FILLEY...STOCKTON AND UMBER VIEW HEIGHTS.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STOCKTON LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...IF
YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITH THESE STORMS. WHILE
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. SEEK SHELTER
INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. A TORNADO MAY
DEVELOP WITH LITTLE ADVANCED WARNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3789 9382 3783 9381 3783 9363 3775 9363
      3774 9361 3762 9362 3761 9389 3785 9400
      3790 9393
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 219DEG 33KT 3785 9394 3776 9389
          3766 9387
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

WISE

958 
WWUS53 KSGF 192113
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
413 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

MOC039-192145-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-120319T2145Z/
CEDAR MO-
413 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN CEDAR COUNTY...

AT 408 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CEDAR
SPRINGS TO CAPLINGER MILLS TO STOCKTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ARNICA...BEARCREEK...CAPLINGER MILLS...
CEDAR SPRINGS...STOCKTON AND UMBER VIEW HEIGHTS.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STOCKTON LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...IF
YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITH THESE STORMS. WHILE
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. SEEK SHELTER
INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. A TORNADO MAY
DEVELOP WITH LITTLE ADVANCED WARNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3789 9382 3783 9381 3783 9363 3775 9363
      3774 9361 3762 9362 3761 9382 3790 9391
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 244DEG 21KT 3788 9383 3778 9380
          3769 9380
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

WISE

931 
WWUS53 KSGF 192124
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
424 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

MOC039-192134-
/O.CAN.KSGF.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-120319T2145Z/
CEDAR MO-
424 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CEDAR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING ARE EXITING THE WARNED
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3789 9382 3783 9381 3783 9363 3775 9363
      3774 9361 3762 9362 3761 9382 3790 9391
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 244DEG 21KT 3791 9375 3781 9372
          3772 9372

$$

WISE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 9:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar	3 days
Mar 19, 9:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	7 days
Mar 19, 9:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	7 days
Mar 19, 1:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barton	25 min
Mar 19, 3:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Vernon	41 min
Mar 19, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	St. Clair	52 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.