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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Springfield, MO

August 5, 2013Ozark County, Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2013, 8:48 PM CDT for Ozark County, Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 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: Aug 5, 2013, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2013, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ozark County, MO, Taney County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 98 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2876 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 723 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 311 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.6
Supercell composite: 17.1

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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 Aug 5, 8:27 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 8:27 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 4:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
453 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-062200-
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-
453 PM CDT MON AUG 5 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.
  ELEVATED FLOODING RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE OUTLOOK AREA
  THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME STRONG
  TO SEVERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...HAIL TO
  THE SIZE QUARTERS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
  RATES.

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT
  INTO TUESDAY. HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.

  FLOODING IS ONGOING AND WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF EXTREME
  SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGH TONIGHT.

  HEAT INDICES WILL REACH THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES
  ACROSS PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
  THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

  CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
  REGION DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO
  BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY.

  UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK
  INTO NEXT WEEKEND AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MEANDERS THROUGH THE
  AREA. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON A NEAR DAILY
  BASIS...CAUSING ADDITIONAL FLOODING OVER LOCATIONS WITH
  SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS.

  AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY REACH THE MID TO UPPER 90S ON A
  DAILY BASIS THIS WEEK ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND
  WESTERN MISSOURI.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  DUE TO THE LOCALIZED NATURE OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER
  ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

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)

FOSTER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
722 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013

MOZ096-105-060045-
DOUGLAS MO-OZARK MO-
722 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN OZARK AND WESTERN
DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROME...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF AVA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS
AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AVA...GOODHOPE...NOBLE...ROCKBRIDGE...
ROME...SQUIRES...THORNFIELD AND WASOLA.

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINS MAY QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS
CREEKS...DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS
FLOODED ROADS AS AUTOMOBILES CAN QUICKLY STALL.

LAT...LON 3669 9277 3680 9277 3681 9283 3687 9285
      3700 9267 3680 9239 3671 9244 3664 9275
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 309DEG 22KT 3686 9270

HATCH

Local storm report, Aug 5, 7:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
729 PM CDT MON AUG 05 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0655 PM     HAIL             4 NW AVA                36.99N 92.71W
08/05/2013  E1.75 INCH       DOUGLAS            MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LDOOLEY

Local storm report, Aug 5, 7:52 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
752 PM CDT MON AUG 05 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0734 PM     HAIL             2 W SQUIRES             36.85N 92.66W
08/05/2013  E0.88 INCH       DOUGLAS            MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LDOOLEY

Local storm report, Aug 5, 8:15 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 5, 8:19 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 5, 8:45 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Greene, Webster	30 min
Aug 5, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Douglas	23 min
Aug 5, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark	47 min
Aug 5, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Taney	44 min
Aug 5, 7:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney	6 hr
Aug 5, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	35 min
Aug 5, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Taney	48 min
Aug 6, 12:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Laclede, Webster and 1 more	12 hr
Aug 6, 1:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Texas	41 min
Aug 6, 1:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dent, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Morgan and 4 more	6 hr
Aug 6, 1:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Vernon	42 min
Aug 6, 1:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	6 hr
Aug 6, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	26 min
Aug 6, 1:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	6 days
Aug 6, 1:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Laclede	3 days
Aug 6, 2:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	33 min
Aug 6, 3:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	SGF	Pulaski, Texas	11 hr
Aug 6, 4:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller, Morgan	4 hr
Aug 6, 4:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Laclede, Texas, Wright	4 hr
Aug 6, 5:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Howell	6 hr
Aug 6, 5:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	6 hr
Aug 6, 7:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning Emergency	SGF	Camden, Dent, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps and 4 more	12 hr
Aug 6, 10:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Howell	12 hr
Aug 6, 12:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas, Webster	6 hr
Aug 6, 12:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	12 hr
Aug 6, 2:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski, Texas	21 hr
Aug 6, 3:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	17 hr
Aug 6, 12:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford	67 min
Aug 6, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford	45 min
Aug 6, 1:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford	7 hr

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2013 Every 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.