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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Springfield, MO

October 2, 2014Greene County, Polk County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 2014, 4:11 PM CDT for Greene County, Polk County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 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: Oct 2, 2014, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired: Oct 2, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Greene County, MO, Polk County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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
Oct 2, 4:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Ash Grove, 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
Oct 2, 12:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 2054 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.3
Supercell composite: 11.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

149 
WUUS53 KSGF 022111
SVRSGF
MOC077-167-022200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0252.141002T2111Z-141002T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
411 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 408 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM FAIR PLAY TO WALNUT GROVE TO ASH GROVE...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALDRICH...ASH GROVE...BOLIVAR...BRIGHTON...CAVE SPRINGS...
  DUNNEGAN...EUDORA...FAIR PLAY...GOODSON...HALF WAY...MORRISVILLE...
  PLEASANT HOPE...POLK...SACVILLE AND WALNUT GROVE.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES POMME DE TERRE LAKE AND STOCKTON LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3774 9361 3780 9319 3773 9319 3773 9318
      3771 9317 3742 9319 3728 9362
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 241DEG 35KT 3765 9363 3745 9355
          3732 9362

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

WISE

1 follow-up statement

522 
WWUS53 KSGF 022150 RRA
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
450 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

MOC077-167-022201-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-141002T2200Z/
GREENE MO-POLK MO-
450 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR POLK AND NORTHWESTERN GREENE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3774 9361 3780 9319 3773 9319 3773 9318
      3771 9317 3742 9319 3728 9362
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 241DEG 35KT 3784 9320 3764 9312
          3751 9319

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 1, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Morgan	30 min
Oct 1, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller, Morgan	37 min
Oct 2, 4:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Jasper	34 min
Oct 2, 5:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barton, Jasper	4 hr
Oct 2, 5:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Benton, Morgan	3 hr
Oct 2, 7:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Morgan	4 hr
Oct 2, 9:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Benton	3 hr
Oct 2, 11:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Webster	29 min
Oct 2, 12:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Webster	27 min
Oct 2, 12:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Miller, Morgan	6 hr
Oct 2, 1:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Douglas, Wright	50 min
Oct 2, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Texas	30 min
Oct 2, 1:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Taney	53 min
Oct 2, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Taney	47 min
Oct 2, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dent, Phelps	30 min
Oct 2, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barry	55 min
Oct 2, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps	52 min
Oct 2, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark, Taney	47 min
Oct 2, 2:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Newton, Vernon	5 hr
Oct 2, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dent	31 min
Oct 2, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Jasper	47 min
Oct 2, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Texas	41 min
Oct 2, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barton	24 min
Oct 2, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	37 min
Oct 2, 3:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dade, Lawrence	34 min
Oct 2, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	45 min
Oct 2, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Texas	37 min
Oct 2, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade	21 min
Oct 2, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	38 min
Oct 2, 4:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Miller, Morgan	6 hr
Oct 2, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	61 min
Oct 2, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	41 min
Oct 2, 4:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barry, Christian, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence and 4 more	6 hr
Oct 2, 4:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Dent, Douglas, Howell, Maries, Ozark, Phelps and 4 more	14 hr
Oct 2, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas	43 min
Oct 2, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Texas, Wright	37 min
Oct 2, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Shannon	36 min

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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.