Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2012, 1:23 AM CDT for McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 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
- May 1, 2012, 1:23 AM CDT (06:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2012, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
752
WUUS53 KSGF 010623
SVRSGF
MOC119-145-010715-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0092.120501T0623Z-120501T0715Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
123 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 215 AM CDT
* AT 121 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER
OTTAWA AND DELAWARE COUNTIES IN OKLAHOMA...AND MOVING EAST AT 60
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR TREE DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
BROKEN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PINEVILLE...NEOSHO...SENECA...SOUTH WEST CITY...SHOAL CREEK
DRIVE...NOEL...LANAGAN...LEAWOOD...ANDERSON...SILVER CREEK...
SAGINAW...GOODMAN...DIAMOND...GRANBY...FAIRVIEW...RACINE...REDINGS
MILL...CLIFF VILLAGE...DENNIS ACRES AND SHOAL CREEK ESTATE.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 6 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9463 3704 9461 3706 9445 3705 9406
3649 9407 3649 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0622Z 268DEG 53KT 3694 9507 3674 9501
3661 9504 3649 9510
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
CRAMER2 follow-up statements
330
WWUS53 KSGF 010652
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
152 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012
MOC119-145-010715-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-120501T0715Z/
MCDONALD MO-NEWTON MO-
152 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NEWTON AND
MCDONALD COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT...
AT 148 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG THE
OKLAHOMA AND MISSOURI STATE LINE...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR TREE DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
BROKEN.
60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH THESE STORMS OVER
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. WIND DAMAGE TO TREES AND STRUCTURES WAS ALSO
OBSERVED IN WELCH OKLAHOMA.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEOSHO...PINEVILLE...SOUTH WEST CITY...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...LEAWOOD...
SILVER CREEK...SAGINAW...NOEL...GOODMAN...ANDERSON...LANAGAN...
DIAMOND...GRANBY...FAIRVIEW...RACINE...REDINGS MILL...CLIFF
VILLAGE...DENNIS ACRES...SHOAL CREEK ESTATE AND SHOAL CREEK ESTATES.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 6 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9463 3704 9461 3706 9445 3705 9406
3649 9407 3649 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0651Z 266DEG 48KT 3701 9463 3681 9457
3668 9460 3657 9466
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
CRAMER341
WWUS53 KSGF 010715
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
215 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012
MOC119-145-010725-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-120501T0715Z/
MCDONALD MO-NEWTON MO-
215 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NEWTON AND MCDONALD COUNTIES
HAS EXPIRED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 3700 9463 3704 9461 3706 9445 3705 9406
3649 9407 3649 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0652Z 266DEG 48KT 3701 9461 3681 9455
3668 9458 3657 9464
$$
CRAMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 11:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 5 hr |
| May 1, 12:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper | 4 hr |
| May 1, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 34 min |
| May 1, 2:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, St. Clair | 6 hr |
| May 1, 2:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton | 38 min |
| May 1, 2:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Newton | 91 min |
| May 1, 3:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barry, Christian, Greene, Stone | 27 min |
| May 1, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 33 min |
| May 1, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Webster, Wright | 35 min |
| May 1, 3:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone, Taney | 34 min |
| May 1, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Polk, Webster | 28 min |
| May 1, 4:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Camden, Douglas, Laclede, Miller, Pulaski, Wright | 43 min |
| May 1, 4:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Douglas, Maries, Ozark, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas | 50 min |
| May 1, 4:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Vernon | 27 hr |
| May 1, 6:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper | 44 hr |
| May 1, 7:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, St. Clair | 8 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.