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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Springfield, MO

July 22, 2013Barry County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2013, 3:47 AM CDT for Barry County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2013, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2013, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Barry County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 21 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2013-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1113 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2013-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 22, 3:16 AM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 3:16 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 12:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1208 AM CDT MON JUL 22 2013

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-230515-
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
1208 AM CDT MON JUL 22 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED HAIL RISK.
  LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED FOG RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST DURING THE EARLY OVERNIGHT
  HOURS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A PITTSBURG KANSAS TO
  MONETT TO WILLOW SPRINGS MISSOURI LINE. A FEW OF THESE STORMS
  MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.
  OTHERWISE...THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT
  LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
  DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT.

  SKIES WILL CLEAR FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND WITH
  LIGHT WINDS AND MOIST GROUNDS FROM RECENT RAIN SOME PATCHY FOG
  MAY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT GENERALLY NORTH OF THE INSTATE 44
  CORRIDOR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

  THERE WILL BE SEVERAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
  WEDNESDAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON. THE OZARKS WILL REMAIN POSITIONED WITHIN A FAVORABLE
  PATTERN FOR BOTH OVERNIGHT AND AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)

SCHAUMANN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 11:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1103 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013

MOZ093-101-220430-
MCDONALD MO-NEWTON MO-
1103 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL MCDONALD AND SOUTH
CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1059 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GOODMAN...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF NEOSHO...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50
MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE GOODMAN...NEOSHO AND STELLA.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE BIG
SUGAR CREEK STATE PARK.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN MCDONALD AND SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING
GOODMAN...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD
SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3678 9412 3660 9425 3672 9450 3688 9441
TIME...MOT...LOC 0403Z 296DEG 16KT 3676 9435

SCHAUMANN
Local storm report, Jul 22, 1:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 22, 2:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:52 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 11:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMcDonald27 min
Jul 21, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Newton66 min
Jul 22, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper62 min
Jul 22, 2:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarton26 min
Jul 22, 2:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFNewton51 min
Jul 22, 2:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarton38 min
Jul 22, 3:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFLawrence33 min
Jul 22, 4:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFLawrence35 min
Jul 22, 6:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDallas37 min
Jul 22, 7:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFWebster31 min
Jul 22, 9:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMcDonald27 min
Jul 22, 9:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMcDonald34 min
Jul 22, 11:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFMcDonald6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.