Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2012, 2:46 PM CDT for Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 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
- May 5, 2012, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2012, 3:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Stone County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 3:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Sw Kimberling City, MO | PENNY SIZE HAIL OBSERVED ALONG WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS. |
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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 1651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KSGF 051946
SVRSGF
MOC209-052030-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0099.120505T1946Z-120505T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
246 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 240 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF KIMBERLING CITY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS
LOCATED OVER TABLE ROCK LAKE...AND MOVING TOWARD THE SWINGS...AND
AUNTS CREEK.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KIMBERLING CITY...BRANSON WEST AND CAPE FAIR.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES TABLE ROCK LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR TABLE ROCK LAKE...WEST OF KIMBERLING CITY...OR NEAR
THE SWINGS...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE TO SHELTER. IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. BOATS CAN
BE SWAMPED BY LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER.
MOVE INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 9359 3665 9358 3675 9355 3678 9351
3680 9347 3679 9340 3672 9336 3665 9336
3660 9337 3649 9349
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 192DEG 16KT 3661 9349
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
CRAMER2 follow-up statements
032
WWUS53 KSGF 052010
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
310 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
MOC209-052030-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-120505T2030Z/
STONE MO-
310 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STONE COUNTY
UNTIL 330 PM CDT...
AT 305 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF
KIMBERLING CITY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR TREE DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KIMBERLING CITY...BRANSON WEST...REEDS SPRING AND CAPE FAIR.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES TABLE ROCK LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR THE JAMES RIVER ARM...AND WESTERN TABLE ROCK
LAKE...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE TO SHELTER. IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. BOATS CAN
BE SWAMPED BY LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER.
MOVE INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3655 9357 3665 9358 3675 9355 3678 9351
3680 9347 3679 9340 3672 9336 3665 9336
3657 9344 3655 9346 3653 9350 3653 9354
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 193DEG 13KT 3664 9348
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
CRAMER064
WWUS53 KSGF 052018
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
318 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
MOC209-052028-
/O.CAN.KSGF.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-120505T2030Z/
STONE MO-
318 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STONE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3655 9357 3665 9358 3675 9355 3678 9351
3680 9347 3679 9340 3672 9336 3665 9336
3657 9344 3655 9346 3653 9350 3653 9354
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 192DEG 16KT 3675 9345
$$
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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.