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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Springfield, MO

April 3, 2014Laclede County, Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2014, 7:10 PM CDT for Laclede County, Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 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: Apr 3, 2014, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Laclede County, MO, Pulaski County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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
Apr 3, 7:31 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Fort Leonard Wood, MO	REPORTED AT EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 21 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 3, 1:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

199 
WUUS53 KSGF 040010
SVRSGF
MOC105-169-040100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0057.140404T0010Z-140404T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
710 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 706 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF
  FORT LEONARD WOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CROCKER...DEVIL'S ELBOW...DIXON...FALCON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
  LAQUEY...OZARK SPRINGS...RICHLAND...ST. ROBERT...SWEDEBORG AND
  WAYNESVILLE.

INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 141 AND 166 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED
BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3765 9203 3760 9219 3761 9224 3759 9225
      3756 9235 3771 9254 3800 9231 3801 9214
      3801 9206
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 236DEG 38KT 3767 9236

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

DSA

1 follow-up statement

209 
WWUS53 KSGF 040050
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
750 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

MOC105-169-040100-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-140404T0100Z/
LACLEDE MO-PULASKI MO-
750 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PULASKI AND NORTHEASTERN
LACLEDE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3765 9203 3760 9219 3761 9224 3759 9225
      3756 9235 3771 9254 3800 9231 3801 9214
      3801 9206
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 236DEG 38KT 3790 9193

$$

BOXELL

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 Apr 3, 5:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 5:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
549 PM CDT Thu Apr 3 2014

...Severe Thunderstorms to Continue into this Evening...

.MESOSCALE DISCUSSION...
Issued at 549 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

Cold front is pushing east across the area early this evening.
Storms have developed along and just ahead of the front across
central Missouri and across northwestern Arkansas. Just shower
activity is occurring along the front between these two areas of
storms across much of the areas.

Supercells will continue to track east to northeast across central
Missouri before tracking out of the area in the next hour or two.
There is a surface boundary in this area which will help enhance
lift and will provide increased vorticity and could provide the
potential for a few tornadoes with these storms. Large hail to the
size of tennis balls will also be possible with these storms.

Portion of the area was worked over some by the convection
that occurred earlier this afternoon. Moisture and instability is
however starting to recover and feel the convection in Arkansas
will continue to expand north into the area. With the front
increasing in speed as it pushes east, a line of storms will likely
develop along the front north into the area. this line will
likely develop closer to the time it gets to or just east of
Highway 65. Winds in excess of 70 mph and embedded tornadoes will
be possible with this line. This activity is moving quickly off
to the east and should be out of the area late this evening.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Tonight)
Issued at 240 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

A cold front is pushing into the area. An area of convection that
developed this morning is pushing across central Missouri this
afternoon and will push out of the area by the late afternoon
hours. The cold front is pushing into the western portions of the
forecast area and additional storms are starting to develop across
extreme southeastern Kansas into eastern Oklahoma. The atmosphere
is becoming unstable ahead of the front and deep layer shear will
support supercells. These storms will track east across the area
and form into a line of storms near the Highway 65 corridor and
will then sweep through the rest of the area and exit to the west
near midnight. Please refer to the Mesoscale discussion above for
more details on the severe potential this afternoon and evening.

Surface high pressure and a cooler airmass will begin to build into
the region.

.LONG TERM...(Friday Night through Thursday)
Issued at 240 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

Cooler conditions will spread into the area behind this system
Friday into the weekend. Lows will likely drop to near the
freezing mark Friday night into Saturday. A couple of upper level
disturbances will track through the area late this weekend into
the middle of next week which will bring some chances for light
rain and keep the cool conditions in place across the region.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Friday Evening)
Issued at 549 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

Windy conditions persist across the region. However, the broken
line of convection may just miss all of the aerodromes. At this
time, may see a cell moving across KBBG between 00z and 01z.

Once the front passes, winds will veer around to the west and
northwest. Will likely also see some MVFR ceilings after 07z associated
with the cold air advection behind the front. These ceilings will
mix out after daybreak. Expect gusty winds during the day on
Friday as well as the pressure gradient will remain rather tight
behind the front.

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

MESOSCALE...Wise
SHORT TERM...Wise
LONG TERM...Wise
AVIATION...Gaede

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 5:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
553 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-042300-
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-
553 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  ELEVATED TORNADO RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT HAIL RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  LIMITED FLOODING RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM WAS CURRENTLY PUSHING EAST ACROSS
  CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS EVENING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT.
  A FEW ADDITIONAL SUPERCELLS MAY DEVELOP TO THE SOUTH AND PUSH
  ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE
  STORMS WILL CONTAIN A RISK FOR HAIL TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS
  BALLS...WIND DAMAGE...AND A FEW TORNADOES.

  STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT ACROSS NORTHWESTERN
  ARKANSAS AND WILL EXPAND NORTH INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA...NEAR THE
  HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE BUT A
  A LINE OR BROKEN LINE SHOULD DEVELOP QUICKLY. ONCE THIS
  OCCURS...THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OVER 70 MPH
  WILL INCREASE. THE THREAT FOR EMBEDDED TORNADOES WITHIN ANY LINE
  SURGES OR BOWS WILL ALSO CONTINUE AS THIS LINE TRACKS ACROSS THE
  CENTRAL AND EASTERN OZARKS. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO
  CLEAR THE EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS
  EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

  BEHIND THIS STORM SYSTEM...BRISK AND GUSTY WEST NORTHWEST WINDS
  ARE EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY WHICH WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE
  WEATHER CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE NOT RECEIVED
  AS MUCH RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 48 HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS PORTIONS OF FAR
  SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS THIS EVENING.

&&

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)

WFO SGF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 6:45 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
645 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014

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

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW EAGLE ROCK         36.56N 93.77W
04/03/2014                   BARRY              MO   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            SHINGLES BLOWN OFF ROOF.

0640 PM     HAIL             3 S SPRINGFIELD         37.15N 93.29W
04/03/2014  E0.75 INCH       GREENE             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME SIZED HAIL SOUTH SIDE OF SPRINGFIELD.

&&

MTERRY

Local storm report, Apr 3, 6:47 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
647 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014

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

0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 E OSAGE BEACH        38.15N 92.43W
04/03/2014                   MILLER             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES BLOWN DOWN IN VAN CLEVE.

&&

MTERRY

Local storm report, Apr 3, 6:49 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
649 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014

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

0640 PM     HAIL             5 SSW SPRINGFIELD       37.13N 93.32W
04/03/2014  M0.88 INCH       GREENE             MO   PUBLIC

&&

MTERRY

Local storm report, Apr 3, 7:01 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
701 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014

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

0655 PM     HAIL             BRANSON WEST            36.70N 93.37W
04/03/2014  M0.88 INCH       STONE              MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            ALSO PEA SIZED HAIL AT BRANSON WEST AIRPORT.

&&

MTERRY

Local storm report, Apr 3, 7:08 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
708 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014

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

0706 PM     HAIL             1 SE MORGAN             37.50N 92.66W
04/03/2014  M0.25 INCH       LACLEDE            MO   PUBLIC

&&

MTERRY

Local storm report, Apr 3, 7:10 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
710 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014

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

0701 PM     HAIL             VIENNA                  38.19N 91.95W
04/03/2014  E0.25 INCH       MARIES             MO   PUBLIC

&&

MTERRY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 7:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Maries	24 min
Apr 3, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	25 min
Apr 3, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Pulaski	38 min
Apr 3, 7:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller, Pulaski	4 hr
Apr 3, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps, Pulaski	40 min
Apr 3, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark	44 min
Apr 3, 7:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Phelps, Pulaski	4 hr
Apr 3, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	51 min
Apr 3, 8:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan, St. Clair	12 hr
Apr 3, 9:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Oregon	44 min

Nearby

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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.