Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2012, 9:36 PM CDT for Cedar County, St. Clair County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 27, 2012, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Cedar County, MO, St. Clair County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 9:36 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | El Dorado Springs, MO | |
| Apr 27, 9:42 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 E El Dorado Springs, 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 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 558 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 691 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KSGF 280236
SVRSGF
MOC039-185-280315-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0076.120428T0236Z-120428T0315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
936 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 934 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EL DORADO
SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSCEOLA...CEDAR SPRINGS...CAPLINGER MILLS...MONEGAW SPRINGS...
ROSCOE...VISTA...COLLINS...GERSTER...ICONIUM AND HARPER.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES TRUMAN LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3815 9350 3792 9351 3791 9357 3783 9358
3783 9363 3777 9363 3775 9376 3776 9392
3778 9402 3783 9407 3796 9407 3801 9399
3809 9379
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 253DEG 33KT 3788 9392
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH
$$
CRAMER2 follow-up statements
448
WWUS53 KSGF 280246
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
946 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012
MOC039-185-280315-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120428T0315Z/
CEDAR MO-ST. CLAIR MO-
946 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ST.
CLAIR AND NORTHERN CEDAR COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...
AT 943 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF EL
DORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED 3 MILES EAST OF ELDORADO SPRINGS.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSCEOLA...CEDAR SPRINGS...CAPLINGER MILLS...MONEGAW
SPRINGS...ROSCOE...VISTA...COLLINS...GERSTER...HARPER AND ICONIUM.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES TRUMAN LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3815 9350 3792 9351 3791 9357 3783 9358
3783 9363 3777 9363 3775 9376 3776 9392
3782 9401 3786 9403 3800 9398 3809 9379
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 254DEG 30KT 3789 9386
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH
$$
KARDELL825
WWUS53 KSGF 280255
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
955 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012
MOC039-280305-
/O.CAN.KSGF.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120428T0315Z/
CEDAR MO-
955 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CEDAR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3815 9350 3792 9351 3791 9357 3783 9358
3783 9381 3789 9381 3789 9385 3790 9387
3795 9387 3800 9383
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 254DEG 30KT 3791 9376
$$
MOC185-280315-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120428T0315Z/
ST. CLAIR MO-
955 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ST. CLAIR COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...
AT 952 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF OSCEOLA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSCEOLA...VISTA...COLLINS...GERSTER...HARPER AND ICONIUM.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES TRUMAN LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3815 9350 3792 9351 3791 9357 3783 9358
3783 9381 3789 9381 3789 9385 3790 9387
3795 9387 3800 9383
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 254DEG 30KT 3791 9376
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH
$$
CRAMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 20 min |
| Apr 27, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Hickory, St. Clair | 15 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.