Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2012, 10:59 PM CST for 6 counties in Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min. 9 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
- Feb 28, 2012, 10:59 PM CST (04:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2012, 11:30 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Cherokee County, KS, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 11:09 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Sw Lamar, MO | |
| Feb 28, 11:14 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Lamar, MO | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN LAMAR...POSSIBLE DAMAGE WITH POSSIBLE TORNADO |
| Feb 28, 11:15 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Lamar, MO | POSSIBLE DEBRIS PATH WITH STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO HOMES NEAR HWY 71 JUST NORTH OF LAMAR |
| Feb 28, 11:15 PM CST | TORNADO | 5 Wsw Jerico Springs, MO | TREES DOWN. |
| Feb 28, 11:21 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 70 | Neutral, KS | |
| Feb 28, 11:26 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Arcola, MO | WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND BARN DESTROYED |
| Feb 28, 11:26 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 Nnw Greenfield, MO | AN EF-1 RATED TORNADO WITH A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 90 TO 100 MPH TRACKED 18.6 MILES FROM 3 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF GREENFIELD TO 2 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ALDRICH. THE TORNADO DAMAGED OR DESTROYED 10 BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS AS IT TRACKED FROM CENTRAL DADE COUN |
| Feb 28, 11:28 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Carthage, MO | JASPER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS ROOF DAMAGE TO A TRAILER. |
| Feb 28, 11:30 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Greenfield, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 10:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 482 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 563 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
994
WUUS53 KSGF 290459
SVRSGF
KSC021-MOC011-039-057-097-109-217-290530-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0008.120229T0459Z-120229T0530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1059 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
EAST CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CST.
* AT 1057 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BRONAUGH
TO OAKTON TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF NECK CITY TO CRESTLINE...MOVING
EAST AT 75 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...CARL JUNCTION...
CARTERVILLE...CARTHAGE...DUENWEG...EVERTON...GOLDEN CITY...
GREENFIELD...JASPER...LAMAR...LOCKWOOD...MILLER...NORTHERN
JOPLIN...ORONOGO...PURCELL...SHELDON...STOCKTON...VERDELLA AND WEBB
CITY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STOCKTON LAKE. INTERSTATE 44
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 39 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TORNADO LIKE WIND SPEEDS
ARE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES ARE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND
MAY BE OVERTURNED. MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A STURDY BUILDING AND SEEK
SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
&&
LAT...LON 3729 9460 3744 9445 3774 9454 3789 9382
3783 9381 3784 9374 3774 9361 3741 9362
3708 9396 3709 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0459Z 259DEG 64KT 3767 9439 3746 9431
3731 9445 3717 9470
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.75IN
$$
HATCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 10:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 54 min |
| Feb 28, 10:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 11:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Dade | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 11:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 11:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene, Polk | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 11:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 42 min |
| Feb 28, 11:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Cedar, Dallas, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 11:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede, Polk, Webster | 51 min |
| Feb 28, 11:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 12:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 12:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald | 56 min |
| Feb 29, 12:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 12:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski | 44 min |
| Feb 29, 12:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Camden, Maries, Miller | 27 min |
| Feb 29, 12:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone | 40 min |
| Feb 29, 12:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster, Wright | 47 min |
| Feb 29, 12:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Texas, Wright | 67 min |
| Feb 29, 12:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 47 min |
| Feb 29, 1:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 58 min |
| Feb 29, 1:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps | 39 min |
| Feb 29, 1:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 65 min |
| Feb 29, 1:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 57 min |
| Feb 29, 1:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 54 min |
| Feb 29, 1:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 1:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas | 39 min |
| Feb 29, 2:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell | 39 min |
| Feb 29, 2:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Oregon, Shannon | 43 min |
| Feb 29, 2:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Ozark | 64 min |
| Feb 29, 3:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 17 min |
| Feb 29, 3:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 28 min |
| Feb 29, 4:33 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Newton, Vernon | 13 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:43 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | SGF | Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton, Vernon | 12 hr |
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.